Annual Red Lakes Trip

Every year we try to make one trip to Hope Valley where there are dozens of gorgeous hidden lakes. The last 2 years we have had some trouble making the trip because I was pregnant and because we had zero time. This year we finally made it up. After months of planning, we made the trip Labor Day weekend. We dropped Addy off at her Grandparent's house in El Dorado Hills (Trev's Dad and Step-Mom's place) and we continued on toward Kirkwood with the Jeep in tow. Our good friend's Patrick and Casey met us up there and grabbed a prime spot on the upper lake. It was beautiful as always up there, but the water was so low and there were so many dead trees. We set up camp and we learned that we couldn't have a fire because of all the dry weather. That night the temp dropped and we bundled up which was fine, but then the wind picked up and gusts were around 50 mph. We were awake most of the night and I was terrified that a dry tree would fall on our tent!
We got up bright and early the next morning and took the trucks out to explore the surrounding lakes. It was a bright and crisp day with the wind still gusting, but that didn't stop Diesel from swimming in the lakes. We actually found some new camp sites that I think we might check out on the next trip. All in all we had a great trip, but we missed Addy. We can't wait to head up again and bring her with us!