Ivy Creek Picnic and Quad Trip

We had the most fun today! Emily had spent the night Wednesday with two neighbor girls Morgan and Lauren Hammes. The live in the cabin just below us and are up this week from Oklahoma with their parents. The girls all came up to the cabin around 11:30 this morning asking if Emily and I could go on a day trip with them to Ivy Creek and riding the quads.
We left the cabin about noon for the 20 minute ride to the picnic area at Ivy Creek. Grandma and Grandpa rode up to the campground with us then headed back home. We made a fire and roasted hot dogs for lunch, then made roasted marshmallows and s'mores!

Morgan and Emily were making their marshmallows a little more well done than the rest of us!

After the picnic we hiked to the top of the Ivy Creek trail there were icicles hanging on several of the trees over the creek.

After our hike it was back on the quads and off for a long day of trail riding and exploring. We stopped at several spots along our ride and went on some pretty challenging trials. We drove though several areas with lots of snow on the ground and even got snowed on a few times. We searched for a Geo-cache without any luck but the view from the spot was beautiful! We headed back for home around 6:00. Just before we made it back to the cabin a beautiful red fox crossing the road right in front of us heading up from the river.

We are both pretty tired tonight but it was a wonderful day!