It's been foggy here for two weeks, and we REALLY wanted to see the sun. The fog is kind of strange - it's because of an "inversion", which means that the warm air is on top of the cold, instead of the other way around. That means two things: a fog develops in the lowlands, and the sunshine is in the mountains. So we headed for the mountains.

Just up near Mount Hyak is a side-road that takes you to the Denny Creek trail, and a few camping areas. In the winter, the road thins to one (very narrow) lane, and stays icy and snowy in the winter. The campgrounds are closed, since you couldn't get a car in there anyway, but the trails are open for snowshoeing. We packed up the car and headed for the trails.

It was cold, but sunny. When we hike in the snow, we don't take a picnic lunch, since there's really no place to eat it. But we do take the camera - although I don't take my hands out of the gloves many times to take shots!

It was a great trip - I like snowshoeing because it doesn't require a lot of equipment, everyplace with snow is a place to play, and we have a great time in the sunshine while we do it!