Steve and I were lucky enought to squeeze in a camping trip before it gets too cold for camping. We went to Grover Hot Springs state park. We lucked out with beautiful weather and very few people. The Sierras did not disapoint and we enoyed the beautiful mountains and trees.
Burnside Lake 
Hope Valley Fall Colors
Steve had fun using his GPS and we did a little geocaching, very fun. We decided to try to find a geocache on the top of Hawkins peak, a 10,000+ ft mountain. It sound like fun until the road was closed and we had to hike in and then hike to the top of the peak.
The Aspens on the trail up to Hawkins Peak
As we were trying to find the road to take us up to Hawkins Peak we found this mine at the end of a dirt road. No signs no fences and it was really cold inside. Steve was adventurous and explored inside a little, not me though.
Hawkins Peak
We found it!
Proof that I made it to the top too (it was really steep and there just isn't much oxygen at 10,000ft!)
Apparently this is why it is called Hawkins Peak.(L.L. Hawkins Age 21 1869)
Fishing in the Carson River 
And what would a trip to Grover Hot Springs be without a soak in mineral rich hot springs.
We had so much fun and can't wait to do it again, camping in the fall is even better than in the summer.
10 comments:
I can't wait to get up there again. You guys found lots of cool stuff I didn't know about. Nice!
I need to go take the waters!
How fun! We miss the rivers and beautiful trees!;)
That is so beautiful!! It looks like you had fun i bet you like having your husband back. Love ya!!
So beautiful and so many wonderful memories. I wish I was there right now! Glad you had such a great time. Love you both.
Looks awesome there!! Fall is such a great time of year! Loving how the blog world keeps me connected with fabulous old friends!
Sounds like you had a fantastic time. Need more pictures of you though. Not everyone thinks Steve is as cute as you do!!! j/k!
hey Erin..do you know Lanell Brown? is that why she is on your list of blogs you follow? Talk about small world huh? She is my first cousin. Heather E.
by the way, your pictures are really cute i enjoy reading your blogs.
Wow, beautiful pictures Erin. That looks like so much fun!
I love California in the fall it's so pretty. It feels like winter already in Utah. We got a good foot of snow in Ogden this past week.
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