Day in the Sun Despite some early morning rain showers, the sun was shining brightly by the time my little man had woken up this morning! After breakfast, we put on our mud clothes, grabbed a pail and the camera, and set off into the woods for an adventure. After last week's amphibian preschool class at Clear Creek, Ben won't stop talking about tadpoles, frogs and salamanders. He was determined we would find some... No puddle of water went undisturbed as we spent hours on our pursuit. Meanwhile, I was hoping to score some morel mushrooms which should be sprouting up any time now! We didn't find any tadpoles or frogs, but his diligence did pay off... We found some eggs (possibly salamander) that were in big jelly-like clumps, much like ones we saw last Friday. By the time I thought to take a picture of them, though, they had been poked and prodded so much that they looked more like a pile of mud than anything else! ...still looking!!!Stopping to enjoy the first signs of spring!!!Finally ready to end the amphibian search......but still not ready to go inside. Inspired to enjoy the rest of the day outdoors, Ben and I jumped into the truck and drove down the street to this covered bridge I've always meant to stop at, but never have... ...loving the wooden beams!!!We ended up having an AWESOME day, just exploring and hanging out together! To finish off our afternoon adventure, we ended up at Clear Creek, visiting two historic cabins that were always on my "list", but hadn't gotten around to checking out yet. Unfortunately, the batteries in my camera died before we got there!!

YIPPIE...IT'S FINALLY SPRING!!!