Close to the lodge
We were happy we were so close to the lodge. For dinner we could walk over there without having to put on so many layers.
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Trails
There were trails so it looked like lots of people stopped.
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Of course we stopped
The trees were too pretty and then we saw the stream!
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Birch trees
We passed by a lot of birch tree groves. They looked like birch tree farms to us. They were planted in rows.