Hours and hours of hand sewing off the grid

If you look up the Rubicon Trail then you will understand where I have been off grid this past week. It is difficult jeep terrain that stock jeeps don't do. We went in Toyotas  with friends and family. No cell service,  no electricity,  no water. It was wonderful! 

My trip began driving myself over the mountain to meet up with my husband and other family. 

The top of my mountain right after leaving home is lovely this time of year.

We drove to Carson City,  Nevada the first night.

Brother in law and my grand

Driving past Lake Tahoe was beautiful.  There were so many ponderosa trees that I scarce could get a photo of the lake. 

 We stayed at the Rubicon Trail Head near Loon Lake the second night.

We hit the trail in the morning. 

We had 5 rigs in our group.  We rock crawl together all the time but never the Rubicon. 

The bench carvings at the trail head were so cool!

I hand appliqued while going over rocks for 3 days, big and small. That makes me pretty talented, needle in, wait for bumps to lessen, needle up, wait again. I learned patience  for sure. It was actually calming. My husband would tell me to keep stitching when the trail got scary.

If my stitches look like I have been on a rough road, I have.