From Westview park, Emily led us into the sanctuary; blue, yellow then to the VTA up the hill to the top of the Matinenda ridge. After catching our breath and watching Heber explore the cliff, we headed back down to the bridge on Horne Lake. The return trail from the bridge to the park had many large fallen trees and many beaver hacked smaller ones.. black backed woodpeckers had knocked the bark off of several trees through the woods... squirrels were about and we noted many small burrows with frost ringing the entrances to show they were occupied... Reene's first sweep today and only lost one... Horne lake seems mostly frozen over.
