Dec 29, possibly my last hike of the year?  If so it was a good day to go out.  Temps in the upper 40’s had melted most of the snow from the big winter storm that hit just before Christmas.  I was expecting that the soggy conditions and warmer temps would combine to perk up the Lichens along the Tolleston Dunes trail.  I maintain that if you want to see the true colors of nature, vibrant and vivid, there is no better weather than when it is overcast and damp outside.