Sunny and I walked up to the creek today. It's supposed to rain tomorrow, so we decided to do it now. Still cold there, and icy. Though the ice has retreated quite a bit.   Here's what it looked like a few weeks ago...     We built a little fire practicing with our fire steel and char cloth.   There's not much going on there except the mushrooms.     This one found a nice hiding place... But this one was the prettiest...   We are thawing out by Bruce now. I'm looking forward to spending time up there when it's a little more user friendly. But one can't be too picky in January when you have a raging case of cabin fever….  :-) Any creek before the storm.