Snowy Christmas

A snowy Christmas in England found Katie and I alongside some of our good friends in Devon, England. We ate well, drank well, hiked the moors, and played some Monopoly (My favorite). It was a wonderful first Christmas together and as we exchanged gifts with one another we marked another first in our budding relationship.

I have included a few pictures from our jaunt through the Moors. As we were driving along an old country road we saw a Tor (Big pile of granite rock atop a large hill) and decided it would be unwise not to climb to the top while in Devon on Christmas Eve. With camera in tow we began walking through a dense snow covered pine forest that eerily resembled the Belgian forests depicted in the Battle of the Bulge.

Through rows of trees our boots plodded on bushes, branches, logs, and the occasional creek iced over, giving way to some wet feet. Emerging from the tall pine forest we entered what would be dubbed "Christmas Tree Forest".

Crawling under some low hanging branches we finally came to a light at the end of the forest and began the ascent up the hill.

Breaking the tree line we were met with a bath of heat from the bright sun. After shedding scarves and hats we hiked up the last little bit through knee deep snow to the top of the Tor.

It was a beautiful scene that I tried to capture with the camera, however pictures rarely can do nature its full just. Here are a few we snapped during the trip, there are some more on Facebook along with some pictures from our adventures to Wales.