Fall Camping 2019

The catch-up posts continue!  Back in September 2019, I was riding home on the bus with a colleague and he mentioned that he had secured a campsite reservation but was unable to use it.  Onions and I jumped at the chance to go camping the weekend after Dad's celebration.  Our destination was Hendy Woods State Park a couple hours north of San Francisco.

Clearly, my husband is the adult in the relationship!

We spent some time on the coast in the town of Fort Bragg.

The quick one night excursion ended with a long drive along Highway 1 with many stops along the way to enjoy the views.

A highlight was hanging out at Point Arenas and the lighthouse.  Turns out there are some old lighthouse keeper cabins that have been preserved and updated for rent.  Something to keep in mind for the future.

Going two for two, the following weekend, Onions, having seen an Instagram post about the fall leaves, decided a trip to the Sierra was in order.  We ended up at the Calaveras Big Trees State Park and snagged a "first come first served" campsite.

The view of the meadow from our campsite.  No pictures of the colored leaves as, although we saw some, we were probably a week or two early.

We always eat well, and that butane stove is the best camping related item we have purchased.

We decided to head east on Highway 4 into the Sierra and we ended up in a town called Markleeville.

The state runs a hot springs called Grover Hot Springs.  It was decent, the wild hot springs we go to in the Owens Valley are better.

The view wasn't bad though.

But the weekend was all about spending time in the "Big Trees"