Seattle So Far: You can hike in the winter?

Who knew? A few weeks ago I went on a 'winter hike'. Seeing as how this is Seattle and not Aspen the ground was covered in moss instead of 20 ft of snow. Thus the hiking. It was still pretty cold though. So we drove out to Little Mt Si for a quick hike. We saw some ice cycles and there was quite a bit of snow on the mountains in the area but our hike was too low in elevation to really have anything to worry about. This was a super easy hike but it was so pretty. There were house sized boulders strewn around everywhere and they were all covered in furry green moss, as were the trees. I love that everything here is covered in a green carpet. The 'rainforestyish' area really kind of looked like fairyland. However, when hiking, even on an easy hike, you do get warm. Then you get to the top for the view and lunch and cool off. And get cold. Really freaking cold. So take note kids, do not get overheated and then 'come down with' hypothermia. Anyway, here are some of the pics from the day. My next 'winter hike' will probably be snow shoeing WHICH I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT! Seriously. I've wanted to do that since I was about 6 and went to Colorado for the first time.