Photos
ref PESOS My Instagram posts in to blog
Wind Farm camping: https://www.instagram.com/p/CN-_QWRpcEA/
Upper Columbia River and Park Creek camping: https://www.instagram.com/p/COBP_LNpNvl/
Palouse Falls and Lyon's Ferry: https://www.instagram.com/p/CODsyr8pPLO/
the Dalles and Columbia River Gorge:
https://www.instagram.com/p/COENvUQJszf/
https://www.instagram.com/p/COGytYopW7C/
Tracy Hill Loop: https://www.instagram.com/p/COGzeFHJsHh/
Fort Stevens OR: https://www.instagram.com/p/COMMXPKpVpx/
mother logs and nature: https://www.instagram.com/p/COQhitjpq0F/
Lake Crescent: https://www.instagram.com/p/COQhplNpzVV/
Lake Ozette: https://www.instagram.com/p/COQhzZ8poZA/
Debrief
Brought more to do than I needed, had less to do than I wanted. Wasn't fully prepared despite thinking I could be. Brought more food than I was willing to cook or needed to cook. Ate more junk food and fast food than I'd like. Want to do shorter trips in a 4WD i can do more forest road camping on. Want to go back to the loft.
The Trip
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Day 1: Over Snoqualmie and east of Ellensburg on Parke Creek Road
nervous, ready, killing time until i bike down
loaded and headed out
at Lake Easton State Park, stopped for bathroom and cleaned up some trash that had been left
stopped for water and arby's in Ellensburg
made it out to some water flowing down Parke Creeke Road, decided to make camp here rather than risk mud or rough road.
camp set up ~ 100 yards off from some rutty road. didn't trust further route, got advice from a drive that I can get through the PSE Wild Horse Renewable Energy Center's Beacon Ridge Road.
forgot contact fluid, forgot fire wood, forgot things for leftover storage. sandwich dinner
had a bit of rum. tired, sleep soon. forgot to make sure the telescope works before i left, forgot lenses.
Night 1 east of Ellensburg, on Parke Creek Road ~ 47.06059597, -120.26759549
Day 2: Trying and failing to get to Quilomene Bay
<2021-04-21 8:00> woke up with the sun. up at 4 and 5 and 7. crapped in a hole. made eggs on toast
<2021-04-21 9:20> packed up to go in to Ellensburg and buy necessities, brewed Ali Shan Oolong Tea.
at a rite-aid
aye aye aye. drove up through PSE, most of the way to Quileomene Bay, and had to turn back with the help of someone in a side-by-side to get me out of a really rough and rocky canyon road I'd tried to drive down. Sore and tired. road was washed out near 47.09967612, -120.0467960
camp at the intersection of Beacon Ridge and Quilomene Ridge road. made jambalaya for dinner. exhausted.
made the bed, gonna read, i suppose. had to scrounge microusb cables, lost mine.
bed. read Hyperion a bit.
Night 2 camped in quiet stand of trees at edge of PSE property ~ 47.075467636461724, -120.22509095964979
Day 3: back to Parke Creek Road
woke to the sun, crapped in a hole. read until i feel like eating.
slept gain. weird dreams.
camp fire and shifting winds. Brewing Bi Luo Chun Green Tea and will read a bit by the fire. the two wind generators I can see behind the ridge keep catching my attention. i can hear them over the pines sometimes.
did Yoga, legs are soft. recoup then decide where to stay.
gunshots to the north, i guess i'm on the edge of bird hunting range. lovely.
unmade camp, back in to Ellensburg for fuel, water, butter, fast food. got down to 1/3 tank of fuel
on top of the wind farm, texted friends.
at fred meyer got pancake mix, water, butter, fuel, food. then back to parke creek road.
refuel @ 2748 miles, 50$
camp on Park Creek Road again. windy. stopped at Sonic, probably a bad idea.
47.05257341, -120.27879977
gassy and bad poo. reading. sun behind the east ridge and it's already getting cold.
sun is below both ridges now. beer + Lo-Shan Hong Shui. reading more Hyperion. mild Anxiety
made bed. it gets cold quick.
lights out.
Day 4: Palouse Falls
up at predawn, 6:30, 7:30, etc. dressed, about to brew tea. lots of small birds in camp chirping and eating.
heated jambalaya and Brewed Miro Tea Kabusecha. didn't download the second day of Yoga videos, woops. unmade camp, head towards othello, etc.
stopped at gem shop next to Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park
Hatton Coulee rest area
booked site 37 @ KOA Lyon's Ferry
Palouse Falls is stunning. At the KOA now reading Hyperion and making Tea
franks for dinner, reading, listening to 【USA】.
busy and noisy here. ugh.
lights out
Day 5: on to Columbia River Gorge and hipcamp loft
in to my sleeping bag rather than running heater
i'm up, so are others.
camp cleanup, chatted with site 36 and told them about Peace Vans, etc.
Kennewick and Pasco, at Starbucks trying to download a yoga video. give up, fail
at the Dalles. my eyes started hurting while i was driving on the interstate and i had to pull over and it felt really unsafe. need to take better care of my contacts.
at hipcamp loft, showered. reorganizing and cleaning up bags, etc.
nice place, nice people. had a sandwich for dinner; Lo-Shan Hong Shui Brewing. i have a tiny bit of net and i jacked in for a bit. reading Hyperion and looking at hikes
online, too online. finished Hyperion and on to the second book. played some FEZ
Day 6: Tracy Hill Loop at Catherine Creek Day Use Area
up at 08:30 , shower, egg sandwich, Bi Lou Chun Black Tea Brewing. tried to play with Mylo, the host's dog but he's gone now. hike prep.
hike was a beautiful five mile loop with great views of the gorge and relatively little traffic once you got past the short loops.
back @ loft. took some ibuprofen lol.
lot of lounging and reading. sleep.
Day 7: Through Portland and on to Nehalem Falls in Tillamook State Forest
sore, tired, tossed around a lot
not sure if i'm tired, depressed, or homesick today. Brewing Bi Luo Chun Green Tea but a light wind forced me inside
host made fresh bread and cut me a few slices. so good. idling in the sun + wind waiting to say good bye
in Portland, need a plan for getting in to Tillamook state Forest
camping dispersed ~ 45.73000588, -123.76687109, the campgrounds were all closed. tired. had some good ramen from Marukin Ramen, real haealing stuff.
reading more Hyperion. boiled more water, making bed and tea wind down. pooped in a hole.
lights out
Day 8: Up the coast to Quinalt Ridge Road/NF-2258
<2021-04-27 9:00> wake up, Brewing Ali Shan Oolong Tea.
camp unmade, gonna try to get to the 101.
warrenton and Astoria, rite aid because i left my grooming stuff in the loft.
at Fort Stevens. maybe i'll camp here? maybe i'll push on. i'll push on.
Quinalt Ridge Road ~ 47.35547796, -123.89683629. Chilly, mosquitos. gonna sleep early and try to get out to Lake Ozette or Neah Bay or Crescent Lake tomorrow.
reading, Listening To Ambient Music
Day 9: Quinalt, Queets, Makah
awake, tired.
Brewing and twitter now (lol).
road-ish. towards Merrimere Falls
lunch on beach north of Queets. headed to Neah Bay
Sekiu towards Cape Flattery.
Neah Bay and cape flattery are closed, headed towards Lake Ozette
need a permit to camp dispersed here, lol fk
the campground is 20$/night ~ 48.152502928954384, -124.66642644347924
spent the evening chatting with another camper, good connection. follow up with //anaturalresource.com
Day 10: Drive home
woke up by RV generator. incensed. packing up, don't even want to be brewing tea here.
drive through espresso
stopped at Lake Crescent
stopped at Elwha
Kingston/Edmons ferry, towards home.