Camping in Central Oregon

[waygard33]

Us and about 5 other families camped at Lake Billy Chinook over the 4th. Thought I would share some pics.

Middle and eastern Oregon are considered high desert. Quite a bit different from the plush, green areas west of the cascades. Tall ponderaso pines give way to scragly Junipers.

We had a great time. Temps during the day were 90-95, cooling off to the 50s at night.

Wayne in Oregon


The sites were dusty in our area. Next time, we would try for a site with more grass.


Canyon walls lined the rear of our sites. Beautiful as the sun went down.


Lot's of kids had a blast on the water. Luckily, several friends brought boats.


During the hot days, Lucy kept her rear end cool at the water's edge.


Cruising up the Deschutes river which is one of 3 rivers meeting at Lake Billy Chinook


I was the only PopUpper as the rest had to drag boats.


Great way to spend the 4th. Can't wait to go out again. Lot's of beautiful places in Oregon.:-()
Thanks for looking!

[cjpoppin]

Looks like you and others had a great time and thanks for sharing your pictures.

[Dray]

Thanks for sharing.  I saw you didn't use your awning even though temps were high.  I guess the trees provided enough shade to keep ya cool.

[waygard33]

Thanks for sharing.  I saw you didn't use your awning even though temps were high.  I guess the trees provided enough shade to keep ya cool.

Thanks for looking Dray.

I almost set up the awning a couple of times but in the end was glad I didn't. The wind came up big a couple of nights. I would have had to gotten out of bed and taken it down in the middle of the night. The quick shade was near by. Also, we were down at the lake during the day so we weren't really hanging out at the pup until evening when everything cooled down anyway.

Wayne in Oregon

[waygard33]

If anyone is interested, I put together a movie of the kids in our group having fun on the water over the 4th. :-()

Click Here

If it is jumpy, just hit pause and let some of the movie download, then hit play.

Wayne in Oregon