CJ and I love to camp. We have gone on three long camping weekends since Memorial Day. We love to find new places to explore, hike, build a great campfire, and enjoy the Pacific Northwest. Rarely, and I mean rarely do we stay in a state campground because we so enjoy being out in the wilderness. We did however stay at a group site with peeps from our kickball team. We stayed on the Santiam River at Cascadia St. Park. We had such a great time! It was sooo pretty there. Yes, there were park rangers, yes there were other campers, but it was still fun. Here are a few pictures:
We hiked up to Soda Creek Falls- super pretty!
CJ on our hike
The view from inside our tent!
Our end of camp
Tate found his way on top of our bed :)
Bailey licking her lips after finding some yummy morsel.
We were lucky to have been told about the place in Prineville that I blogged about early this summer. We went there again for the 5 days over the Fourth of July. It sits on the outskirts of the Prineville Reservoir. There is no dock nearby so we had to drop our boat off at the state park and drive it in which took about 15 minutes. From the state park it takes another 15 minutes to drive on a very windy, dirty, gravel road. Once you get there though, it is heaven! It is so peaceful and quiet. Well, until we get out of the car that is! We had a great time with our friends, Emily, Reagan, Eric, and Matt. We also had our three dogs and Daisy (a 110 pound American Bulldog!)
The rocks CJ jumped off of...
Campsite
The whole gang (L-R: Matt, Eric, Reagan, Emily, Amy, CJ, and all of the dogs!)
CJ getting more ice~ we went through a lot of it!
The campfire provided hours of entertainment for the boys
