Never above freezing

We met Patti and Dave for a 6 mile hike in Lakewood Forest Preserve. Not surprisingly, we saw no other hikers today but we did spot 15 deer. That was the highest count so far on any hike or bike outing!

I found several (maybe billions!) frozen leaves. Here are some...double click to enlarge.







After all of this we rewarded (?) ourselves with hot fudge sundaes at Culvers.