Last weekend was my birthday, and we went up to the Muir Woods in Marin County. It was really nice to get out and spend some time in nature.

So it's a national park, but we saw so many people who were dressed for shopping in the city. I even saw a woman wearing high heels! There is a nice flat, paved path but still, it's not a mall. I was wearing jeans, a flannel shirt, and sneakers. But that's not such a stretch for me. Heh.

It was great to see nice big trees. My family did a lot of hiking and camping stuff when we were growing up, in forests similar to this one (without the paved paths). Moss and mushrooms and decaying trees ... makes me a little homesick for the Pacific Northwest.

Then there's this guy:

The pamphlet we got at the entrance had little blurbs about the plant and animal life, and I was looking all over for a Banana Slug. It was fairly warm, so I didn't think we'd see one. Yeah, I've seen slugs before, and I know they don't help in the garden, but out in the woods is just the place for them.