Camping in Oregon...

[Eli]

For New Years Eve, we decided we would go to our favorite camp site up on Mt. Hood, just off Highway 26 at the 2,500' elevation marker. Just spent a few hours there, left at about 1am(and yes, we had a designated driver).

We had so much fun, we decided it would be cool to spend the night so our designated driver(brother's girlfriend) could party too. We didn't get back out there until about 10PM.

Here is the scene as we arrived, lit by lantern light.

Got our tent up!

Our OpenCooler?, which consists of..... the whole outside. It's kinda weird to be able to open a beer, and never have it get warm...

Temperature inside our cooler.

Plenty of munchies...

Good times... yes, that is me on the left.

Spooky trees...

View straight upwards. That's a 15 second exposure.

And then we went to bed. We were a little cold, needed another layer between us and the(very cold...) ground. Oh well, live and learn.

I took all of these today when we woke up.

View of camp

Blue skies..

View from the other side of the camp site

Smoke

I thought this picture was neat

Zoom of the river

 

[Ketteringo]

Looks awesome

Thanks for sharing!

 

[TitanDiddly]

:thumbsup:

 

[MrDingleDangle]

man that looks so cool...i gotta go camping sometime, its been wwwaaaayyy too long

 

[Martin]

Excellent stuff. Not only are the pics great, but you had a much nicer time than me. Bastard

 

[Excelsior]

Beautiful pics Eli. I need to head up to the northwest sometime.

 

[agnitrate]

VERY cool pictures. I always loved camping in the colder weather. Hopefully you had a great time up in the beautiful northwest.

-silver

 

[xSkyDrAx]

Wow nice pics. I gotta go there sometimes (when I grow up) hahaha.

 

[Frodolives]

*sigh* Being in the woods would feel good right now I think. Very nice pics, thanks.

 

[Trogdor91]

River pic is teh awesome!

 

[Wanescotting]

Beer + woods + tent = fun.

 

[GoSharks]

a good insulating pad is a must when camping on the ground in cold weather.

 

[Mo0o]

Air mattress pwns when camping on cold ground

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Mo0o
Air mattress pwns when camping on cold ground

Yeah, we usually have one. It developed a hole and we forgot to buy a new one though.

 

[Siva]

Very beautiful, seems like a really fun time. I hope you brought some bud.

 

[PsharkJF]

Cold weather camping is the bomb.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Eli

View straight upwards. That's a 15 second exposure.

big dipper eh?

 

[clamum]

Looks like you were drinking expensive beer.

I can't wait to go camping again when it gets warmer.

 

[Ogg]

:jealous;

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: Eli

View straight upwards. That's a 15 second exposure.

big dipper eh?

Yep, I think so. Would've been cool if the whole thing was visable.

Originally posted by: clamum
Looks like you were drinking expensive beer.

I can't wait to go camping again when it gets warmer.

Only the best.. we don't drink cheap beer.

I can't wait to go camping again, period. It was a blast. Next time it will be perfect since we'll (hopefully) remember the things we forgot or didn't bring this time.... like a freakin' BOTTLE OPENER.

I've mastered the art of opening a beer with a bic lighter, though.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Trogdor91
River pic is teh awesome!

thanks.

I wish I would've taken more pics.. I meant to.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: PsharkJF
Cold weather camping is the bomb.

It was our first time. Definately won't be the last!

 

[Eli]

bump

 

[dderidex]

Originally posted by: Eli
Our OpenCooler?, which consists of..... the whole outside. It's kinda weird to be able to open a beer, and never have it get warm...

Woohoo! I see a Deschutes Brewing Company beer! A couple, even!

I totally :heart: this state, by the way. Worth moving across the country for (used to be an Ohioan, now live in Bend).

 

Originally posted by: Ketteringo
Looks awesome

Thanks for sharing!

:thumbsup: