Terrific pictures! What a big group!
I'd sure rather go up those stairs than down them.
The butterfly pic is a neat touch :~)
Your forest there sure looks like it's still in the dormancy of winter. I'd have thought you'd have greened up before we did, as warm as it is down there, or is it because it's been so dry?
We've been 20 degrees above normal around here for the last couple of weeks, so I'd think so too, but apparently it doesn't work that way. They must be kinda like horses and depend on the length of the day or something. It sure was dry out there that's for sure. During the times I was at the back of the pack I was eating dust like it was the dead of summer. I could've grown corn in my nose by the time I got back! ;o)