Exploring Goat Mountain, Oregon

[Xevin]

Met up with some friends this morning. A few of us had the itch to explore an area for future camping.

We head out about an hour South East of Portland to Goat Mountain.

A chunk of this area got torched by wild fires in 2022. Eerie, sad, and yet still beautiful.

Time to ascend the mountain towards snow.

Let’s see what these 14” Hankook skateboard wheels can do on my 85

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Pretty darn good actually. We passed a few Jeeps and a sweet Bronco on the way down. They had big smiles and thumbs up. I didn’t see any Toyota Tundra pickups with mills in the back of the bed

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Stretch the legs and walk the dogs. Could be a nice camp spot this summer.


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Meet up for warm coffee and head home.

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[dodger tom]

epic day trip, xevin.

some stark beauty going on there.

bet db is green with envy.

i, on the other hand, am shivering with empathy.
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[tgraham]

Thanks for posting!! Beautiful pics and story!
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[dobryan]

Beautiful.

I hope those trails hold up under heavy rains now that the trees are gone.
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[4Gears4Tires]

Awesome to see the vans out in the service roads.
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[E1]

Looks like fun!

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[GoEverywhere]

I've always loved that area, I spend a lot of time remote working out that way. Even after the fires its a beautiful place to hang out!

[Shonandb]

Looks like a fun trip up into the snow.
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[dabaron]

super cool, looks like a fun adventure and a cool area to pop the top
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[wcfvw69]

Great pictures Kevin. Looks like a fun day with buddies, coffee, VW's and beautiful scenery.

How's the new engine?
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[dhaavers]

LOVE this post!

It would be so cool to live somewhere with more than just a couple
hundred feet elevation change within 800 miles…

- Dave
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[Xevin]

Thanks folks for enjoying my slide show. I would totally be my dad in the 70s inviting friends and family over for the vacation slide show that nobody wants to watch
I do love road trips. I pretty much look at all the road trip threads on the Samba.

[E1]

My Dad did the same with slide shows in the ‘70s, so naturally I carried that into the 2010s.

Kinda regretted that once seeing how hard it was on old slides after I started scanning them, but have means of fixing that, too.


Dhaavers, let’s split some land.
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[jimf909]

Great trip report. Trust me, you can still bore your friends to death using a photo viewer on your tv or pc. Plus! You can add in a video every once in awhile. Kind of like having the slide projector and the Super 8 film projector side-by-side.

[sanchius]

Nice pictures, looks like a great outing. Thanks for taking us along...
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[pointillist]

My office is closed on Monday, daycare is open- anyone want to meet up at Goat Mountain again (or for the first time)?
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[Xevin]

You all fun. Would love to join in. I’m working my way down the coast to eventually hit Busses by the Bridge.
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