A Hike in the Woods

A beautiful sunny day! We put on our new mud boots and met up at the cow barn to help feed the cows and check on the newborn calves. After tramping around muddy fields (more fun than it probably sounds) we jumped in the pick-up (Sue, Joe, Jim and I) with a picnic lunch and Joe's 3 dogs for a hike in the woods. It's a rain forest up here really: enormously tall trees, mostly hemlock, a few fir, with a carpet of ferns below and a wide variety of moss growing on everything. The sunlight filtering through the canopy was spectacular. Not another soul around (although we heard a few gun shots in the distance.) We got back to the ranch in time to test drive a few 4-wheelers; that's going to be really fun! Tomorrow: more sun and more fun with animals.