We just got back from our annual fall boys camping trip for 2017.
Previous years:
A little later than average this year - Sept 30/Oct 1 and the weather was a little more cool and unsettled but still a great time. This year we were joined by PJ for the first time! Kelly was a little nervous about this but decided to ok it. The trip this year was via canoe upon request from Noah. The plan was to travel along an ~8 mile stretch of the Deschutes river from Tenino boat launch just below Wickiup reservoir to Wyeth boat launch just above Pringle falls. This stretch has no rapids and is a nice easy down-river float. Here is a map of the route and our selected primitive camp spot (blue dot) along the river.
We dropped one car at Wyeth and had Kelly drive us to the put in point at Tenino. Here we are at the put in and just starting down river.
We selected this camp spot about 2/3 down river to our exit as it was relatively remote. Had a great little eddy to pull the canoe into to unload.
I had a few new recipes I wanted to try on this trip. The first was pizza over a camp stove. I originally learned this with
NOLS many years ago but haven't tried it recently. Chose to top it with peppercorn feta, kalamata olives, and arugula on half (for Noah and I). First pic is Hunter helping me by cutting up olives. Of course the trip wouldn't be complete without hot-dogs over a fire which we did later when the wind died down. I also cooked a peach cobbler for desert.
Here is a video of the kids throwing pin cones in the river on a walk for entertainment.
After a cool night we rose Sunday morning with a little rain to start but clearing to partly cloudy with a cool wind but not bad for October. For breakfast I made Fresh sourdough french toast with raspberries and pumpkin spice maple syrup along with a side bacon. It was tasty!
