With the warm temperatures and the fact that all the snows have been skimpy recently, it was finally time to hike up on the road to the national forest with Jake.

I thought it would be nicer to hike where it's not so muddy. As you can see above, our driveway and road are really muddy.

The gate that I would always go through is now closed because of the snow and winter months, there's a photo showing how it would be hard to climb up over in the snow.

And there is also an environmentally conscious forest sign that's in a pretty sunny spot.

Oh see the Christmas tree? Someone decorated a growing tree at the teenage woodsy area. Maybe they had a yuletide party. In the summer you can find fire remains, newspapers, beer cans, and shot gun shells. The snow kept out some of the unadventurous. And that bit of partying seemed pretty environmentally conscious in comparison.