MOUNT HOOD NATIONAL FOREST - FINDING HEAVEN in OREGON

tell me [Music] welcome back to the other side in this video you're going to learn all things mount hood we drove from idaho to oregon it was an absolutely stunning drive along the columbia river gorge that river is the fourth largest in america and it leads to the pacific ocean so it's like super special film what we did when we wake up is eat our vitamins but because our vitamins melted in the car this is what it looks like though all the little gummies together so we take a little bite out of it every day now we're going to be heading to trillium lake which is a famous lake here in mount hood national forest [Music] geez i need to shave but we have just arrived at trillium lake and it might be one of the most scenic lakes in the world look at this and i'm gonna turn the camera and say boom oh look at this reflection oh there's ducks out here perfect still water and we're gonna canoe it today we're renting from mount hood outfitters you can actually just rent right here on the beach so you don't have to transport any equipment it gets extremely crowded so i'm glad we got here at nine you can't even rent until 11 but getting here at nine assured us a parking spot and right now people are coming in and can't find parking so if you come here come early [Music] we have made it onto trillium lake finally it's about 11 15 and we have this canoe for one hour it's 25 for an hour and if we feel like staying out we'll have to pay 45 total it's expensive but i think it's worth the view this is so fun i feel like i'm in the notebook look at and i'm gonna make her paddle the whole time [Music] for those of you that don't know mount hood is actually an active volcano i had no idea before coming here quite scary but it hasn't erupted since the 1790s could be a bad thing could be a good thing let's just hope we're safe out here i feel like i'm in europe like in a movie just canoe with my boyfriend so fun something like this you see in pictures but being here right in front of this mountain is unbelievable if you come to mount hood please just do an hour canoe ride it's a great way to start your morning [Music] the best part about trillium lake for us is that our campsite is literally only a mile away so and it's free yes it's a free campsite so we're gonna head back there and make some sammies if you are wanting to come to trillium lake for the day you have to pay 10 to park your car and then of course if you want to use a canoe it's anywhere from 25 all the way up to 100 if you want to keep it for the entire day prices are pretty expensive but i would say that's one of the best views we've seen in america so far [Music] just got back to our amazing campsite we're having some turkey sandwiches perfect meal for van lifers it's quick easy i want to get you in on a little secret we met a guy named david in idaho and he gave us two stalks of corn and then a day later messaged us you have to try it wrong and we're like what well we tried it yesterday and it was delicious i'm going to show you guys right now i'm telling you guys please try it at home while anna's back at the campsite showering i want to show you guys why this might be one of my favorite campsites so far not only is it free and it's close to trillium lake but look at this view a minute walk down the road boom look at this view we're getting this for free our campsites like right down that road that was the first shower i have taken in four days i feel like a brand new man i shaved my face i'm excited to explore the lavender fields i'm feeling great when you do not have a planet fitness to shower at that's like a luxury when you're in van life now we have to rely on our rinse kit plus which still works but you're still out in the woods and it's hard it's not as fun as a nice warm shower planet fitness so plenty of fitness we are missing the amount of bees in this lavender field is out of this world there's probably millions of bees right here which is awesome and then in the distance is mount hood right there we first drove in um it didn't look so purple it's the end of the season so the flowers a few of them are dead but you can still see a lot of the purple in it and the smell you can just smell the lavender i feel like i'm at complete peace right now i actually really love lavender i put it on before i go to bed sometimes and we're in a freaking field of lavender so i'm going to show you a little trick that ian's dad taught me all you have to do is rub the flour and then the lavender is on you and you can put it wherever or just smell it like i do hands down the best part about this lavender field is not only the views but no one's around if you come here around four to five pm the lighting is great and there's no one here so please come here for a quick stop you only need an hour it's three dollars a person now we're gonna head back to the campsite and get some grub big hike tomorrow and it's gonna be freezing cold in the morning like 30 degrees oh my god [Music] good morning guys today we're heading to a waterfall that looks like something out of bali indonesia it's miserable here it's wearing my girl hat i'm wearing her girl gloves too by the way i told ian ian's family has the biggest glove and hat drawer he is one of four boys they have so much winter gear he didn't bring any and i told him he's gonna end up stealing my gloves and he did so somebody out there sent him some gloves because i need mine guys i only use her gloves when she's not out here i give him back when she comes out it's about to be a really good morning coffee going i want to give a huge shout out to jackery this is our portable power station they give us life right now anna's charging her phone off of it and we're making coffee every morning with it it is perfect for off the grid it charges everything we need like camera equipment and it comes with a solar panel like we showed you in the past videos that charges this thing too go check them out there's links in the description below this video is not sponsored but we do love them anna and i have decided we are getting pizza today so i think that's what's gonna really get us through this hike [Music] we are at the hike tominawa's falls trail you need a recreation pass to hike here so you have to buy that before you come to the trails lucky for us they're letting us go today and we'll get one later but there's a lot of hikes around mount hood that you need a recreation pass for so if you're staying by government camp you can get it at one of the stores there let me tell you guys anna literally hates the cold and on the drive here she said that oregon is definitely one of her favorites on this trip so far it is just unbelievable beauty here she feels like she's in a painting while we're driving down the road there's no one in sight i would say i am so pumped to explore oregon i know i complain about the cold a lot which is very well deserved because the cold sucks but i am obsessed with oregon so far it's nice that it is cold in the morning and you can sleep comfortably at night and then in the day it gets to 70 degrees which is great [Music] we were walking we didn't even look up look boom it is really strong and it's a big one this does remind me of bali other than the weather [Music] if you are coming to mount hood i really recommend this waterfall it's an easy two mile here two mile back hike so four miles in total it's a saturday morning and there's no one here we've seen about 10 people total on this whole trail anna is soaking wet right now we just took an instagram photo i just went over there by the water and i'm freezing soaking what this is just as bad as jumping in delta lake if you haven't seen that video click right up here i'm going to get pizza i'm going home i think she deserves the pizza now wow wow that burger pizza and some beer very tasty glacier public house thank you we're back at our campsite now before we go to our last stop of our little mountain hood trip but i want to show you guys what it's like at our campsite and what we do usually because we have to charge all our equipment here is our solar panel from jackery and it's connected to the portable power station back here with all our camera stuff below this is a perfect way to charge all our gear when we're out in the middle of nowhere this is anna's setup we're gonna watch some movies and chill right now but she's reading her book i took a test of what my 2020 is going to look like and it said that i'll be watching netflix reading books i'll be single and poor so far all three of those things are true the only one i'm waiting for is to be single common guys wait anna what were mine ian's one of those lucky guys so he got winner delusional and happy so he's a delusional happy winner and that's what i call it sounds good to me and i'm a poor single book reading netflix watching idiot anna was doing yoga on that earlier and then we have our little kitchen set up with our two chairs of water over there coming from the back this is our view and that's anna i'm about to watch some netflix we've arrived to little crater lake it was about a 30 minute drive from our campsite in trillium lake so hopefully i think it's definitely going to be worth the drive we will be heading to the actual crater lake in a few days but for now let's go check out its little sister [Music] we have made it to little crater lake and wow first of all it's very blue biggest thing about it is that it is clear all the way down to the bottom and you can see trees that have fallen there's someone in right there just up to his knees but he says it's freezing you could see the trees on the bottom here it must go down 30 to 40 feet so we were contemplating getting in or not but we swam in 58 degree water at blue heart springs and i remember just being miserable and freezing and this is 34 degrees water temperature is so different than air and either way 58 and 34 is a huge gap i don't think i'm doing it because we're not swimming here it really is kind of just a quick stop i believe there's a trail down there but um you know we got our hiking in for the day so that's it we just kind of enjoyed the blue water and we're gonna go back and make some dinner of course quick stop at little crater lake to end our trip here in mount hood if you enjoyed the video give it a thumbs up comment down below what you thought hopefully this helps you plan your next trip to mount hood get pumped because this place is epic let me tell you [Music]

Channel: Ian and Ana

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Length: 12min 4sec (724 seconds)

Published: Sun Sep 13 2020