Well finally made it out to goldstream park out here. We (my friend and I) decided to walk out to it from our downtown home and its basically all highway. The walk was slightly longer then expected so we were both tired by the time we got there, turned out it was a 20km trip roughly. We got to the grounds after dark and were soon informed that the entire was filled, we were devastated. A short walk back to the highway and we figured it out, set up camp on the side of the road and wait for morning. To keep our presence unnoticed we did not set up a proper camp and only layed out a blanket for me and a chair for my friend. The night was long, hard and surprisingly cold, around 1am we discovered there was a cougar just outta view, it stayed there most of the night but never came at us. Next day we walked back to the grounds early and found ourselves a spot. The fun begins. We had a great time and I managed to cut myself twice (woops <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />) Couldnt get many pics because of the situations but I'll share what I have and maybe get our video diary (very short) up as well

My hook in all its glory


my tent


scenery of the grounds, it was quite nice and we hope to explore more next time


bought a new and very cheap hatchet for the expedition



my gear all packed up

Cool man, got to love getting out there and camping. How was the weather?

weather cooperated with us, only had a short shower of like half hour other then that sunny skies

Cool. I had awesome weather on my camping trip as well. I had about 5 minutes of light rain in teh morning which was nice.

ya, you're camping trip looked awesome, and more prepared for/thought out, ours was kinda like, hey lets go camping...ok

Looks fun. Too bad you couldn't get a pic of the cougar. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Cool. Last minute trips are often the most fun.

the cougar was pretty funny, i was getting some shut eye on my blanket, heard a loud crack and my friend freaking out "MIKE MIKE WAKE UP.... DO YOU HAVE YOUR KNIFE READY?"

I agree last minute trips are a great time. My most fondest memories back as a yoot were on those spontaneous trips. Getting out thereand doing something is the key.

My Eureka tent has worked well even though it's not considered a "hig end" tent. I have used it in snow down to about 15 degrees below freezing, no leaks or issues. I have a Sierra Designs Light Year solo tent and a couple of family tents.

I do like the pic's
The cougar added a nice bit od excitement I bet

we had no idea what to do, just kept an eye out and didnt get a wink of sleep for rest of night