In the Woods

We brought Matt home this morning, got him all settled in. Dave was reading the paper and Matt was sleeping. I thought it would be a nice change of pace to go for a hike, since the past several days have been constant running back and forth to the hospital. I really should have been cleaning inside and doing yard work but....oh well, all that stuff will be there tomorrow. So I called Yellie and we went for a hike. Shortly after we went out Dave came looking for me to say he was going to the store. I said we wouldn't be long so Yellie and I headed back since the little vampires in the woods were ridiculously thirsty. We decided to do a little art project and cast a few leaves. I went inside to get some plastic gloves and check on Matt. He was still asleep so I went back out. When we finished, we came in the house to wash up. Dave was home from the store and Matt was on the couch, not where I left him (which was asleep on the floor). He asked where we were and wanted to know who was supposed to be watching him? :) Oh boy, guess I'm in trouble...again. You think you're free when they hit 24 don't you? WRONG!!! :)

Anyway, here are a few pics from our hike. We were crossing a swampy area and there was a felled tree caught up in some other tree branches. I thought we should climb it. Here's the little chicken at the bottom and another pic of how far it goes up. I was somewhere in between. It was scary getting up there which wasn't that far, (maybe 10 or 12 feet) but not so bad just sitting there, but I did have a very nice view of things from there. And I thought those Yoga classes were helping me with my balance. Actually they are but there was no way I could balance on this uphill log. Here are a few pictures from up in the tree.

On our hike back we got a picture of "Jack In his Pulpit" :). Had to get his side profile otherwise the picture doesn't do him justice.