Come wind, come rain, we're off again
Our muddy boots plod down the lane
The snow has snowed, now the grass has growed
And it's time that we were on the road

~ Vashti Bunyan

We took a little excursion with Katherine yesterday, up to Hidden Valley Lake.  The road to our beloved Laurel Bed Lake washed out in the Winter rains, so this was our consolation.  The area has more open views, but we stuck to the lake this time around.  I do hope to go back and take in the sights, and maybe that will happen this Summer.  All the same, our children enjoyed the very wet conditions and the plethora of tea berries growing by the woods.  They had games of hide and seek that ended with Laurel meeting up with the mire, but we cobbled together new clothes for her.  The battery on my car died, miles from anywhere, but I was able to flag down help on the lake road and we were soon on our way.  It was a beautiful day to break down and we were a merry bunch, in spite of it all.