Our intrepid little family set out on an expedition West this morning, over the Gulley Bridge and into our remote and mostly unexplored woods. It was rough out there, Maria brought some clippers and we hacked a trail out to get out into our land. Fate skittered across the bridge, Red plunged into the water. We all got across.

We hope one day to get a bench out there, but Ed Gulley has to stay healthy and we need to buy him a lot more dinners. I had some slippery footing out there, much mud and ice and snow but it was beautiful, quiet and eerily. It was lovely to get out into our woods.