Saturday

If I said that winter might be over....well don't believe it! I went to the woods on Thursday and had a real adventure in the snow. It started out as a mushroom hunting trip and it turned into a survival expedition. I picked an area close to snow line (I actually thought that I was below it) and walked out an old logging road. After a short hike of 3/4 mile I found that the snow was too deep for any mushrooms to be in this part of the forest just yet. I picked an open ridge and started up the mountain. It was a great hike and I spotted yellow lilleys blooming along with a small white, 3 petal flower. The forest was coming to life. I hiked up to the top and found a new reconstructed road that was almost totally snowed in. I didn't want to backtrack so I decided to follow the road. The top of the cutbank on the north edge of the road (open to the sun) was bare and I found the going easy for about 3/4 mile. I came to an intersection with another road and it was decision time. None of the roads was going in the direction that I need to go! A fresh bear track lead off into the timber and it appeared to be staying on top of the snow. Well that bear must have been a little one because I didn't stay on top! Well to make a long miserable hike through several feet of snow, up and down forested mountain terrain into a short description.... I made it back to the open gravel road at noon. I was over two miles from the truck! It was almost 100 pm before I made it back to the truck! I had gotten my exercise for the day!
I went fishing in the afternoon with Duane. It was a gorgeous day but the fishing was slow! So slow that for the very first time we got "skunked"! All I can say is that I will do better next time.
Friday I spent the day in Kamiah getting things ready for the Lion's garage sale day. I didn't get my exercise in but I did move a lot of boxes, couch, love seat, and other things. I might have gotten in my daily exercise requirements. Today is the garage sale. I hope that we make a few dollars to go towards the annual scholarship that we award to a local highschool senior. I plan to take the day off except for a short mushroom hunting hike late in the afternoon. This one will definitely be where there is NO snow.