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: