Hiking

One of the things I love about this area is it's surroundings. We are in a valley but all around us is the beautiful blue mountains. We try to take advantage of our hiking trials and mushroom hunting as often as we can.

We haven't done much mushroom hunting because of the weather. Jason, Megan and I did hike one of our favorite trails last week. I was a little unsure because our rivers have been so high and there have been a lot of flash floods. So after checking the local weather and the weather in the mountains, we set off.




This is one of my favorite trails. During the spring you can hear the baby owls and eagles in their nest's. I took our Christmas pictures here a couple of years ago. The picture above is one I used for my new heading.



This butterfly found a home on Megans shoulder. She found it by the truck as soon as we got there and it stayed on her shoulder until we left. We have seen lots of butterflies here, birds and evidence of beavers. I guess that's why we are the beaver state. HaHaHa



Jason wasn't feeling that great so we didn't stay long. Anthony was working the stock show so he wasn't with us. This was the second day of sunny weather that we had seen in months.




Megan remembering that it is tick season. Gotta love her pants.



Of course, none of us thought about ticks. As you can see from the way that they are dressed. We were so excited about being out in the sun that we forgot about dressing appropriately.



He is thinking, "Mom, stop taking pictures and lets go."