August backpacking

As promised, here are the photos from our August 6th-8th backpacking trip. We hit the other side of Mount Hood this time (as opposed to last year's trip), and hiked through Cairn Basin and Eden Park.

Starting out Friday afternoon


Brian, Maurice, KC, and Sandi


Hitting the Vista Ridge trail


Pristine Mount Hood


Meadow wildflowers (as captured by KC)




The beautiful meadow we camped next to on the first night


Setting up camp




These sweet, pinwheel flowers dotted the meadows everywhere we went




Group shot ;)


Heading up to the glacier


The view from the top








My favorite backpacking companion






One of the lovely little streams that ran through our meadow


Friday's sunset






Good morning, mountain!




Another serene meadow


Brian and Sandi




We stopped for lunch next to Falls Falls (yes, that's really the name), which was raging








Eden Park, our campsite on Saturday


KC, multi-tasking


Brian and Sandi fix dinner, while Maurice looks on


The perfect campsite


An unexpected rainbow and cloud hood phenomenon


More mountain ;)


It doesn't look that intimidating in this picture, but crossing this fierce stream was quite the challenge




The trail home, on the last day

Another amazing trip, with breathtaking scenery and good company!