Cleveland National Forest

The Lawhorn family tree

Still some snow left in the mountains
Snowball fight
Me sitting down on the job
Acorns packed away for the winter in holes made by the woodpeckers
Prickly Pear
The mountains
Just a dead tree
Another view of the mountains from atop a huge rock.
Christa

Today we went with the Lawhorns to Cleveland National Forest. We were about 5500 to 6000 feet. We hiked up a trail past some really huge boulders and climbed up one to view the mountains. We went thru Julian on our way back, Christa picked up an apple pie there. The road back was like being on the Blue Ridge Parkway in the Smoky Mountains, S curves everywhere, I was getting a little queasy, and I don't usually get car sick. We were trying to hurry because Laura wanted to see the sunset into the ocean, but we couldn't make it there.

We ate dinner with the Lawhorn family for Christmas Eve. Very good dinner, turkey, ham, stuffing, yams, mashed potatoes, gravy, rolls, and salad. Topped off with apple pie.

Christmas Day we will probably stick close to home, though we talked about going back to zoo if they are open. Would love to see the baby panda.