Idyllwild park

California continues to showcase its diverse landscapes with our latest camping trip to Idyllwild. Nestled in the San Jacinto mountains and referred to as "Mile-high Idyllwild" is a charming small town and of course another camping opportunity for us. For this trip we were fortunate to be joined by our friend Martin and his daughter in their awesome teardrop trailer making this a "Fathers and daughters" trip.

After a scenic drive up the mountain we arrived at our campsite and quickly set up.

The campground has many tall pines and cedars for shade along with clean bathrooms and friendly staff. We shared our large site which was $25 for the night and included a fire pit and picnic table.

Here you can see our friend's teardrop trailer showing off their new 200 watts of solar power. They are now totally self sufficient unlike a few of our neighbors that had their generators running for most of the day.

Idyllwild is known for it's hiking, rock climbing and legendary boulders. Many boulders are scattered about the campground so we had to explore.

I think this was also a fun experience for Catherine as she did a great job of exploring on her own.

After a quick nap, we all had dinner in the van.

Camping with young kids means early to sleep and of course early to rise so we took the opportunity to tour the rest of the campground on our bike the following morning. Catherine is still getting used to the trailer...…

Our short and enjoyable trip was over quickly but I managed to take some shots as we drove home.