Fall Adventures

The last couple weekends we have kept busy. The weather has been great; warm and sunny. On the 17th Jason's work had an open house. I got lucky because it was the first one they have had in like 10 years. It was neat to see where he works so I can visualize the labs and such. I still don't understand everything he does, but visuals always help haha. After the open house we drove out to Eastern Idaho to Redfish Lake where we camped for the night. It was so beautiful! I love mountain lakes. We camped right near the Sawtooth mountains. It got down into the 20s which was pretty cold for the sleeping bag I packed...next time I will pack the warmer one. We  had a nice fire, roasted some marshmallows, and played cards. On Sunday we drove to a hot springs before heading back to Idaho Falls. It was neat there is a wooden tub with pipes coming from the spring. It is a homemade hot tub. It was very relaxing. It was in the upper 40s when we went so the water felt really good. It got pretty warm after awhile so we cooled off in the creek nearby. Jason jumped right in but the water was like ice so I just stood in it for a minute. We got back Sunday evening and got ready for the week.

 School has been busy as most school years are. I have a great group of kids so that always makes the days go by fast. 

Yesterday Jason and I ran a 5k. It was my schools's fundraiser this year. We did pretty well for not training that much and it was a good time with all the kids and staff participating. 

Today we  have just been relaxing and watching football. I have taken full advantage of fall and the pumpkin that has made it to the shelves in the stores. I have made pumpkin yogurt cheesecake cupcakes and pumpkin spiced chocolate chip cookies. Sooo yummy. 

We are getting ready to do some traveling over the next couple months. We will be in Wisconsin for a wedding the first weekend in October, Jackson the first weekend in November and North Carolina for Thanksgiving :-) 

Pictures below.... I couldn't take any of Jason's work so we will start with our camping trip. 

clear mountain lake water

Little Redfish Lake. This is the lake we camped on

Views on the drive to the lake

Some of the Sawtooth Mountains

Our camp site.  Jason was looking at some trail maps

Little Redfish Lake as the sun was starting to get lower in the sky

Jason's sleeping gear. I was laughing until I realized I should have packed
one for myself...

Hanging out near Little Redfish before dinner

Our blazing fire.

Trying to stay warm near the fire.

making yummy eggs and bacon for bfast.  It was still very cold in the morning

Sawtooth Mountains from Redfish Lake

There is a red fish in this picture but it is very hard to see. It was
neat because we had just talked about why the lake was called Redfish Lake and then
we saw one. 

Redfish Lake

Staying warm near Redfish Lake

View on the drive to the hot springs

We drove down a dirt road for a few miles before we got to the hot springs

The water was very hot luckily whoever created the intense hot tub has
some cold water coming in too.

Jason was brave and got in the creek too cool off.  It was literally ice cold.

This is as far as i got....burr. 

The hot springs tub

There is a plug and you empty it when you are done.

Views on the drive home

View through the buggy windshield