walking okemo mt

it's sunday so that means a day off for participants and interns. i finally got a shot of the view from gm.

all the light lines are the ski slopes of okemo mountain. it's over 3,000 feet high and in the summer time you can either walk the ski slope trails or walk up the road (which is what i did b/c i couldn't find the trail...)

okemo mountain is about a 5 minute drive from gm. i started at 9 am (right after i finished up w/ breakfast)

and huffed and puffed my way up to the top in about an hour. i didn't find out until after that if i had ducked under this fence i could have climbed a water tower and seen views all around, but that will have to wait for another day. it was a serious leg work out w/ the incline and i was amazed that motorcycles and this guy on a bike were going up! but even the views i got were amazing. next time i'll also stick my thumb out and hitch a ride down to avoid having to go down the road (brutal on the knees and toes). 

the afternoon was spent lazing about and then after dinner us interns and one of the staff participants went out to scoops, which is a local ice cream shop. even after eating a whole meal and fruit i managed to finish off most of this denali moosetracks cup, which was delicioussss. note to self, just get the cone w/ one scoop b/c it's less ice cream, haha.

i'm finding lots of stuff in oversized portions here in town, which is always tons of fun. if you look at the bottom left there are ice cream cookie sandwiches that were what i thought normal, good serving size. on the top shelf at the top of the picture are the enormous ice cream cookie sandwiches they have! they look colossal, but they look pretty tasty. i may end up gaining weight this summer :D after ice cream we drove out a ways to try to spot some moose. unsuccessful, but it would probably be unfair for PA and i to see a moose on our first moose-sighting venture while the other two have apparently spent many hours sitting in the car waiting for a moose.


first day of internship tmrw! i'll mostly be shadowing this week w/ PA for fitness and on my own for nutrition classes but we got new participants today so it should be fun learning w/ them. happy memorial day to everyone who has off tmrw.