It didn’t snow, much but enough to outline the garden beds. It would have killed any unprotected vegetables starts. The week before the ground was dry enough and warm enough to work up a bed for planting potatoes.

In a small canyon in the Southern Cascades
There is a rock formation like a tower which you can hike to from the homestead. You can look way across the Chico Creek Canyon and see a similar rock formation as a really large cliff wall. I think this must be the Tuscan formation. I would like to establish a narrow trail from the house to this “tower” and then farther up the ridge and around to connect with the “High Road” where it merges with ” The Middle Path”. We could all this trail The Higher Trail. I walked the general area this morning and can see that it will pass through some very nice forested areas.