Green Up...

Just saw this posted on the Weather Bureau's forecast page:
Green up occurred in Fairbanks on the evening of May 1, 2019. Chena  Ridge was beginning to show a faint shade of green in the  afternoon, but the ridge turned more distinctly green by  evening.  The average date of green up in Fairbanks is May 9. The earliest  green up date recorded here was April 26, 2016.
I guess this means it must be spring now. It's a good thing we didn't get the snow storm they predicted for this past weekend. Anyway, we went for a hike today. Now that I'm pretty much healed up, I can get out and do stuff again. So here's a few photos...

Well the aspen trees are sprouting their leaves here too, it's nice to see that they got that right.

Big old spruce tree went down on the trail. We've had a lot of wind lately and it looked like this one was infested with carpenter ants.

But the surest sign of spring is washing the dog harnesses and the winter gloves. They pick up the oil from the dogs fur and can get pretty oderiferous if not washed every few years.