Fish Creek Campground - Day 3: June 28th

Our last day camping. I managed to get up a little earlier and started cleaning up the site, packing up our stuff, and throwing our garbage away. All in all, it turned out to be a really nice weekend. We got to be out in nature, we got to relax, we escaped the heat in Portland, we didn't have to work, and we got to Barbecue. All it took was $16 a night, reserved on-line through Reserve America.

Fish Creek Campground - Day 2: June 28th

Today was our first morning at Fish Creek Campground. The previous night ended up being very relaxing just drinking next to the campfire. The grounds got really quiet after 10:00 P.M. to the point where we didn't hear or see anyone else around our area. Occasionally a car would drive by, but since the grounds only have 20 sites, there wasn't too much traffic at all. Today was one of the hottest days Oregon has seen for a long time. It actually got up into the triple digits. Luckily, we were on the mountain, and within the tall trees so we had plenty of shade. We took a walk down by the river and watched people raft, kayak, fish, and swim. Eventhough it was really hot, the water was still too cold to swim. We spent the rest of the day around the campsite reading and relaxing. We enjoyed another night of sitting around the fire. Earlier in the day I drove to Estacada and picked up some more firewood so we had plenty to last us the rest of the night.

Fish Creek Campground - Photos

These are some random photos I took on my iPhone of Fish Creek Campground and the surrounding areas.

Fish Creek Campground - Day 1: June 27th

I've been trying to find a campground around the Portland, Oregon area that is far enough out of the city to not be around cars, noise, and lot's of people. I came across the website Reserve America. It actually turned out to be really helpful site with finding campgrounds, information on what kind of facilities they have, and placing on-line reservations. After some research I came across a small campground called Fish Creek Campground. The camp actually turned out to be one of many small campgrounds in the Mt. Hood National Forest. The grounds held about 20 sites, all of which had plenty of privacy, a fire pit, picnic tables, individual site parking, and outhouse type bathrooms. The river nearby provides plenty of stuff to do including swimming, kayaking, rafting, and fishing. We arrived at the campground around 7:00 P.M. and checked in with the camp hosts. The rest of the night was spent setting up the campsite, and drinking around the campfire.

Trip #2 Fish Creek Campground - Estacada, Oregon