After scanning Google Earth we drove up to Fouts Spring road near Stonyford via Ladoga. It's all the shrubby low elevation digger pine type terrain and there are many OHV vehicle trails. It's unlikely I'd come in the summer but it was nice today. In spite of the rain and cold there were campers and people out riding their OHVs on the trail.
We drove up FSR to see if we'd get stopped by snow. We did. There was a nice place to pull off so I put on my hiking boots and we headed up the road. At first, we stayed in some truck's tire marks. Then, we just slushed through the snow (it wasn't that deep). We met two guys with an almost full grown Australian shepherd puppy and she and Commando had fun running in the snow and playing chase. At one point, he literally ran in a circle around their truck several times. Hilarious.
We didn't hike for long. It was cold and I really should have worn my snowshoes. Plus, as usual, I didn't get started till late and it was getting late in the afternoon. Still Commando got lots of snow running, snowball chasing, and dirt digging under his paws.
We headed back by a slightly different route from Ladoga to Maxwell on I-5. We saw plenty of critters: open range cattle, elk, deer, deer, more deer, deer tracks and fresh deer sign, wild turkeys, goats and a dog guarding them, and buffalo. The wild turkeys were amusing. It's the first time I've seen a male displaying and it was just like the Thanksgiving pictures. It didn't seem to working well for him because after we passed, the ladies flew across the road and away from him. Poor guy.
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