Our virtual hike for Grandpa while he was on his mission.

We haven't even walked very far yet and it is already postcard perfect.

See the map Austin. This shows how far we are going to hike.

Dragonfly

I love how the trees make an arch. Sometimes this happens on roads here too. The trees connect over the top of the road making it seem like you are in a tunnel.

Austin caught this unfortunate grasshopper. He was nice and released him in the grass.

This blue flower makes for a great photo. Did you notice the bee on it? I didn't notice the bee until I was putting this picture on the computer. I wonder why he looks blue. Click on the picture. You may be able to make the photo bigger. Remember this works for any photo you want to see enlarged.

We found this bridge right next to a stream. We walked under it and noticed cracks in the stones holding it up. Scary. I told the boys there may be a treasure up on the ledge. You should have seen their eyes. It looked like there might be a wooden box of some sort up there. The boys were trying to figure out how they could get up to where it was.

Happy Trails.

Hiking is a great way to bond as brothers. These two get their love of hiking from their Grandpa Ose. They will always remember the times they spend hiking with him.

Hiking is a great way to bond as brothers. These two get their love of hiking from their Grandpa Ose. They will always remember the times they spend hiking with him.

I always wanted to know what it would have been like to walk in the sacred grove. I think I might know.

We all think you would like it here Grandpa.

I felt rather sorry for this tree it had spots on nearly all of it's leaves. Click on this picture to see the spots.

The root system of this tree in the water makes for an interesting photo. It is even better in real life. The story behind this shot is a bit more interesting. Right after we stopped to take this shot we passed a biker who said there was a rather large snake approximately where we had been standing. We decided not to go back that way because I am not fond of snakes and the snakes here are often deadly.

We have arrived!

Zack was our navigator and he took us along many windy paths through the trees to this mill stone. It is one he had learned about at school and he was pretty excited to find it. It is in the middle of the wilds.

Grandma would love the wildflowers here. They grow along the roadsides. Here in this wild field they are everywhere.