My wife Sarah and I love the outdoors: camping, hiking, and photographing wild and natural settings. So when we got married last month, it wasn’t a hard decision to spend our honeymoon out tent camping. We left for 6 days and visited 3 campsites. We also stopped at a
National Monument,
visited a museum, and hiked a 3 mile trail. We took a lot of pictures, and decided to share our wonderful discoveries with others.
On the first night of our honeymoon, we stayed at
Blue Pool Campground off Hwy 58, just outside of Oakridge. This campsite was a wonderful surprise. We had scoped it out a few weeks before the wedding—wanting to find a place close by to stop at for the first night of our honeymoon. We chose our preferred campsite at that time, number 7—a private little site off the beaten path from all the others and right next to Salt Creek.
We were so tired after the wedding that we pretty much set up our tent and crashed for the night. However, I woke early the next morning and walked around the campsite, and made a wonderful discovery. Following a path from our site, I discovered a beautiful little falls flowing down from the hills south of the campground into Salt Creek. When Sarah woke, I took her down there to show it off.
The only complaint I had about the campsite was the temperature. At an elevation of 1900 ft in late May, it was cold! We slept on top of 2 sleeping bags and covered up with one blanket. Sarah was smarter than I, and wore a sweatshirt to bed and was unaffected by the weather. However, by about 4 or 5 AM, I was freezing. This campsite is likely a better one to visit in the height of summer.
