The weekend of 18 Oct 08, Tracy and I drove down to the Pine Valley Mountain Wilderness outside of

Cedar City, UT, in an attempt to get to warmer weather and see some lingering fall colors.  The area

was really nice, and, just like last year, we really enjoyed walking around the closed campgrounds in

the deciduous forests with ambling creeks...the area REALLY reminds us of home.  This time we went

up to an old Guard Station we had seen the year before to see what the sign hanging on the door said.

The sign said the cabin was being renovated and would be open for rental next year.  This made us

happy!  This is a good place to come this time of year, and the cabin access would make it that much

better.  We camped out on Saturday night, and I learned that I can't just sleep on the ground with a

space blanket over top of my sleeping bag, because condensation will totally saturate my bag.  Oh

well...gotta find a new way to do that.  On Sunday we hiked around Bryce Canyon some, but I'm not a

huge fan of Bryce, so we spent the rest of the day just exploring around.