Punchy Snow

It was spitting rain all day today with the temperature up in the mid to high 30s. My nice, hard packed trail from the house to the kennel turned punchy. That means I was punching through to about a foot deep on every second or third step. Even the dogs were punching through. The wind was blowing the rain every which way and thoroughly soaking everything.

Dogs can get injured by running on punchy snow, so I used that as an excuse not to run today. Yeah, that was it, I was protecting the dogs. Everyone knows that the dogs' welfare comes first. So if I had to sit inside next to the wood stove all day, it was all for the sake of the dogs.