Aspen Grove

Aspen Grove
click photo to enlarge	These pictures are taken in an Aspen Grove in the San Bernardino Mountains. But shhhh many locals don't even know this grove exists. When I asked a friend who lives in the mountains he said there are no Aspen groves this far south. You can pick up a map to the Aspen Grove at the Mill Creek Ranger station. This is one hike where I don't recommend using localhikes.com as the information was not correct. In case anybody wonders why I would spoil pictures by putting my name on them I have had pictures stolen and used to make money. After threatening a cease and desist they paid me for my image. Had they asked I probably would have given to them.
click photo to enlarge	Karen always says she misses the seasons so I decided this year we would see some of the leaves changing color. We usually do anyway but this time we went hiking a few times to enjoy it. This turned out to be a very short hike down to the grove but we went further. The best time to go is mid October.
click photo to enlarge	The drive in was about 2 miles on a fun dirt road. We kept climbing up and up. I was just getting ready to turn around thinking I had gone the wrong way and the trailhead appeared. As I write this I have my truck up for sale and somebody is supposed to come look at it tomorrow. The next one will be 4X4. Yeee Haahhhh
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