Barry got extremely ambitious one week while I was at work in the summer and punched a trail in across the street all the way over to Lightning Creek. The bush is very thick so he had to use chain saw, loppers, bush wacker…pretty much every tool he’s got but he did it and the rewards are huge! We have our own personal beach with a wide creek winding by. In one spot there is a perfect swimming hole. In August the water was low enough you could sit a lawn chair in it and keep your feet cool… Yes it actually got that hot here this summer! It is so peaceful, you can’t hear the highway or anything else but nature. We stashed a couple of lawn chairs in the trees so we have some comfort and we were given a dining tent that we will set it up and do some painting. It is very inspirational.
This huge tree is on the trail and had to be chopped up to give us passage. There are many trees down everywhere making some areas completely impassable. The forest over there is mostly covered with moss and lush and beautiful, smells like heaven. Many moss covered stumps and fallen trees, many paintings waiting to happen.
This week we have been exploring game trails that cross this trail. We are finding a lot of them (along with other goodies) now that the leaves are falling. We took one that lead us over to our creek… So beautiful! The dogs love it, it’s a huge deal to be able to go over there so they cherish every moment. Mini run it like an Indy track and Lily runs from smell to smell with her entire body wagging. They arrive home so tired! Mini is not allowed to walk over the highway, she has to be carried and she already understands… When we are getting close to the highway on the way home, I say “time to get picked up” and she comes over, lifts one paw readying herself. She is a very smart little critter.
Getting photos of Hyde Creek.
Warm temperatures have been great. Today we got rid of a huge burn pile… Always fun to have a big fire! Even more fun to reclaim the chunk of land under it. We still have the monster pile in the parking lot, hopefully it will burn this year. You would think 6 years would be long enough… We will find out.
Stay tuned…