We were supposed to go last Sunday, but Todd had to work. BAH! We considered getting a tree from one of those parking lot places, but I just couldn't. I mean, if, for some reason, we were in a pinch and had to, I would do that. But we still had time and I just couldn't go happily to a parking lot for our tree. Besides, how could we deny little Lulu her first Christmas tree hunting experience?
Our tree cutting permit was for some BLM land about 50 miles out of town, the same area we went last year.
We traipsed around for quite some time before finding a little patch with some options. We went back and forth about two trees and finally decided on this beauty...
It's a big one! But we have 9 foot ceilings and something short and squatty would just look silly. The trip to the truck. Isn't that a nice view (including Todd!)...
Here's another photo of the area we were in...
And another...
The snow was pretty deep - most time just up to our knees, but it was to our thighs in a few places! We considered putting the snowshoes on, but with how powdery the snow was it ended up being manageable...
Me with our tree...
The dogs with our tree. They both loved getting out in the snow. I'm glad we didn't get a tree from a parking lot...
And the road out of the woods...it was pretty deep in places but the ol' truck handled it very impressively...
The tree in our living room. I'm going to make a nice dinner and we'll decorate it tonight.
That's a very gorgeous tree. It looked like a lot of work getting it out of the snow. I remember our trekking out with you girls and some friends cutting down our trees. What fun. Did you get it decorated?
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