Winter Hiking!!

We had blue skies and warmer temps. today, so we took full advantage of it. Well, I wouldn't say it was "warm" out, but it was warmer! It was about 45 degrees today.

We all needed to get out of the house and get some fresh mountain air so we went for a little hike off of the Blue Ridge Parkway. We wanted to go to a favorite spot of ours, but the parkway was closed going south so we could not access it. It took a little while to find a trail that was not very busy and that looked like it actually went somewhere, and not into someone's back yard. The trail we took was not the best, but it did the trick, and we all had a good time!

The calm before the storm. This is Harley posing for Tom. Harley quickly breaks out of his pose and starts digging in the leaves and dirt and breaking sticks. He does this frequently, especially after you comment on how good he is. (ask Amy and Seth!)

Tom always has to climb a tree when we are out and about.

Guess what. More dogs and tree pictures! Tom tried to get Maggie to climb the tree with him. She loves to walk on/up/down trees. Today is also Maggie's 3rd Birthday!!
Quite flattering of both of us huh? Look at Maggie's eyes! She is such a watch dog.

This is our neighbor cow. I call her Bessie, or Bessie Boo. I am hoping that the neighbors just have her as a pet, and not for any other reasons. She is the cutest cow ever!