Spring is coming!
Here we are on the Riding and Hiking Trail on our way back from Devil's Gulch. I love being in the midst of winter, but seeing the signs of spring coming. In just the past couple of weeks we're beginning to see ducks in the creek, some swelling buds on trees and today, for the first time this season, I even saw flowers blooming along the trail. I guess it's the additional hours of sunlight since winter solstice that's triggering the growth - I don't think it's the temperature since it was 35 degrees this morning and doesn't get above the low 50s very often here under the Redwood canopy. We may have seen our last salmon for the season, though if we get some good rain again it might trigger more coming up the creek to spawn. Here is a group of salmon we saw not too far from our campsite on January 11. Here is one of those Coho Salmon on January 11. The last salmon I saw in the park was a week ago on January 17. That may be the last one we'll see