This past weekend I joined some friends on a camping trip (to celebrate my friend S’s upcoming 40th birthday) at Wahtum Lake in the Mount Hood National Forest, a drive of about two hours from Portland.
We arrived around 2pm Friday, set up camp, and set about sipping on beers and roasting hot dogs over the fire. Saturday morning we took a two mile hike up Chinidere Mountain for an incredible 360 view of the mountain range and snow-covered peaks including Hood, Rainier, St. Helens, Adams and Jefferson.
The hike about destroyed me however, and I hit the tent early Saturday night. Sunday morning we all got up early, made coffee and relaxed for a few hours before breaking down camp and headed home, stopping at Double Mountain brewpub in Hood River for some delicious pizza and beer. Great camping trip. However my calf muscles still hate me.