Walked the loop down by the stonepiles, across the three creeks and out the meadow, then back through the dense cedars this morning. We usually do that in the morning every day, once I'm awake enough to enjoy it.
Three times this week we've encountered deer still resting on the ground from their night's sleep, and each time they just raised their head to look at us. You find the oval depressions in the snow where they have lain down overnight if you wander off the trails in the woods.
Three other deer, no four, were standing by the open stonepile and spotted us coming. For a moment or two we stopped and they just looked at us. Then suddenly they bounded off to the east, white flags flashing - there were seven, three of which we hadn't even seen.
Trails are busy these days with joggers, dog walkers, skiers and families with kids. Occasionally even someone just out for a walk. Met a cross-country skier yesterday who lives at the far northwest corner of the area, and said that he does a 10km loop several times a week.
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