Abbott Adventures

11/01/2025

And as promised, Liam's Longer more in depth and detailed version of his Ark Video

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On a recent trip our son wanted to make his own video to show the world the Ark Encounter. Most all the video is shot by Liam with some added from Dad. Li...

11/01/2025

Liam wanted to share his own video from a recent trip. This is the short (~7min) version. We will share the longer version soon...

On a recent trip our son wanted to make his own video to show the world the Ark Encounter. Most all the video is shot by Liam with some added from Dad. Li...

09/15/2025

Short paddle up at Scott Lake on the Old McKenzie HWY (242). We ran up to check it out and enjoy the Saturday weather before the rains came in Sunday. Like to see this lake earlier in the year when the water is high enough to paddle the entire lake and there's still snow on the mountains with clear skies.

September 2025 we set out to paddle Scott Lake off the OLD McKenzie HWY (242). The lake is very low water level at this time of year and you can only paddle...

09/14/2025

We recently returned from our first horse camping trip. Visiting Cape Blanco State Park Horse Camp. There wasn't much information on the internet or good photos/videos of the sites. We decided to make a tour video of the campground.

Liam made his own. If you don't mind a little motion sickness he did a really good job otherwise... let's get him lots of views and likes on Youtube... He's 10 after all! :)

Liam takes us on a tour of the Cape Blanco State Park Horse Camp.Hope you don't get motion sick, as he ran the camera himself. He gives us a great tour of t...

07/25/2025

Here's the video from our exploration of the Lava Lake area a few weeks back. We ran into several dead ends with some fun obstacles. In the end we ended up finding some epic views of nearby mountains and was a great day out exploring!

We started out at the Lava Lake Sno-Park on the Santiam Pass. Just a nice day trip to get away. The main road is paved for quite a while. So we took some ...

07/23/2025

A few weeks back, we checked off a bucket list hike... God's Thumb on the Oregon Coast. A very popular hike, we were able to hit it early season and a week day when the crowds were light. Still a good number of people there... but could have been way worse... We couldn't have asked for better weather. Going into the trip we were threatened with rain and bad weather... it missed thankfully and the sun gave way just when we needed it to. The clouds rolled in the next day.

It's been a bucket list hike for the wife for several years now. So on a whim for a belated 12th wedding anniversary I planned a surprise trip to the hike, ...

07/22/2025

Full video from exploring the Lava Lake area... we had fun... found some dead ends... some new pin-stripping on the rigs and ended with some wonderful views

We started out at the Lava Lake Sno-Park on the Santiam Pass. Just a nice day trip to get away. The main road is paved for quite a while. So we took some ...

06/08/2025

Another great day on the trail! No super awesome views. But some good ones. Took a route from one highway to another. Thru routes are some of our favorites.

Ended the day running into a rig that had a flat tire and were struggling to get the spare as they had no experience with their rig. We were able to assist and make changing the tire faster with the impact we always carry.

Good to have at least some familiarity with where and how the tools for your vehicle work. They were within cell service and could have called for help if needed. But being able to get them gojng was nice. They can get home and fix it better from there.

Trail video coming soon.

04/23/2025

https://youtu.be/JzcVu_J_kcQ

Another great trip with Allan and Liam exploring central Oregon around the Metolius area. Weather and trail conditions were great for spring time. We can’t wait to go back and explore some more.

April 2025, and Alland and I went for a drive for the day to explore some of the Metolius River Area. Both of us have explored portions of this before but n...

04/06/2025

https://youtu.be/mGsPDLcsetw

Spring is here and it won’t be long till we can get in longer adventures or actually get over the backroad passes. Half day exploration. We found some neat spots. And some possible camp spots.

Can’t wait for more snow melt and sole overnight and overland trips!

A half day spring trip exploring the areas of Soda Fork Road, FS 2043 and FS 2041. We'd be blocked by snow almost able to make it over the highest points. ...

09/17/2023

Today we completed another 2 mile section of river exploration. We have 2 sections remaining estimated at 4-6 miles total. One has a waterfall to down climb or rappel. But both will be difficult to get before the end of the season with weather, fires, and area closures for the season. Well. 2024 seems like a good time to finish it. 4 years in the making is a nice round number.