It would be a perfect day for a winter hike if I didn't have a horrible head cold and if I wasn't stuck on my mountain. The gravel road is no problem, just the 100 yards of straight downhill DOT maintained asphalt resembles a luge. I stood on my deck and took this photo of an the ridge which separates Willow Valley from Valle Crucis. Rich Mountain is in the frosty background. I may take Harley and a few willing teenagers over the Christmas tree farm in our backyard and pick out a tree to decorate.
