Wife and I went up to the Priest Hole recreation area on the John Day River in central Oregon to view the eclipse last month. This was the first "real" test of our homebuilt teardrop trailer I made over the winter, and apparently I never posted the pics here.
Just getting there, the traffic was horrible. Took 5 hours to go the last 30-ish miles because everyone was trying to get to some music festival we weren't even interested in going to, but it backed up the road for miles. Finally got there at about 11 at night; we unpacked the trailer and went straight to sleep.
Set up our campsite the next day.
The kitchen. I guess we're roughing it with style?
A guy in a motorhome smelled us cooking and said we brought more stuff in our little teardrop than he had in his whole motorhome.
What campsite is complete without a lounge?
Despite its small size, we have pretty much everything we need inside the trailer.
And right over the hill is the river.
Saw this hard core teardrop while out exploring the town of Fossil.
This must be where all the western movies are filmed.
John Day National Monument - Painted Hills
John Day National Monument - Clarno Formation
John Day National Monument - Sheep Rock. There is a very cool paleontology museum here, but I forgot to take any pictures.
We ate very well. Cinnamon rolls...
...and bacon...
...are part of a complete breakfast!
Slow-cooking beef with solar power, because we can!
Just getting there, the traffic was horrible. Took 5 hours to go the last 30-ish miles because everyone was trying to get to some music festival we weren't even interested in going to, but it backed up the road for miles. Finally got there at about 11 at night; we unpacked the trailer and went straight to sleep.
Set up our campsite the next day.
The kitchen. I guess we're roughing it with style?
A guy in a motorhome smelled us cooking and said we brought more stuff in our little teardrop than he had in his whole motorhome.
What campsite is complete without a lounge?
Despite its small size, we have pretty much everything we need inside the trailer.
And right over the hill is the river.
Saw this hard core teardrop while out exploring the town of Fossil.
This must be where all the western movies are filmed.
John Day National Monument - Painted Hills
John Day National Monument - Clarno Formation
John Day National Monument - Sheep Rock. There is a very cool paleontology museum here, but I forgot to take any pictures.
We ate very well. Cinnamon rolls...
...and bacon...
...are part of a complete breakfast!
Slow-cooking beef with solar power, because we can!