We took to the high country

I had a vacation day yesterday, so Mel and I decided to take a hike up in the high country...
there is still snow in the mountains and on the logging roads, but we wanted to go out and look for moose antlers.

When Mel suggested we go for the hike, he said we would go to 4 mile, park and hike. I assumed he meant at the 4 mile marker off the logging road. That was not exactly what he had in mind - the trip was to 4 Mile Bridge, which was 14-18 miles in. This was on a very snowy, and mud mixed road. Quite the trip in.. bumping up and down and sliding all over the place.

When we finally parked and hiked - it was beautiful. The sky was a deep blue, with no clouds.
While the day down below was fairly warm - the sun was even warmer up in the hills. There was still about 2 feet of snow in some places. There was a lot of bare spots as well, where the snow melted. We were amazed that we actually found dandelions growing on the sides of the hills right next to the snow..

Lots of signs...

We hiked up into the hills about a 4 mile round trip. One area of the logging road was fairly straight up. Once we got to the top of the hills, we saw a lot of moose signs - but no moose, no antlers.