Last weekend (October 4th) Sean and I decided to make a visit to Mt. Charleston…which is just off of Hwy 95 West of our house. It is typically about 20-30 degrees cooler there so it resembles Illinois just a little bit. We hiked a trail that was about 8,000 ft above sea level…the peak is about 11,000 ft above sea level…the trail was about 1/4 mile and lead to a pretty little waterfall. It was much cooler up there than it was at home and absolutely beautiful. We hiked about 1/2 mile total and then enjoyed driving through the mountains too. It was a great day. We made it our Scenic Drive since we were missing the Spoon River Scenic Drive back in Illinois….that we look forward to each year. I have included a few pictures that I took while on the mountain. I took about 60 pictures probably so I narrowed it down to just a few!
