Van Life Week 7 l Oregon

It's our day off. Grocery store and the mountaineering shop for camp. And then we're going to Smith Rock to do some climbing. Some sport and some tread. And guys it's 100 degrees again! My favorite! It's been 10 days since we've showered last so we're both really excited to go work out, have a shower, and then head to Smith Rock. Alright. I don't think she knows I'm filming but I just got up from the gym. Just took a shower. Kristen's cooking chicken in the van. This is the number one activity that we do here. She's basically scooping out the fat from the chicken so that it doesn't overflow. I hope you can see her face in this video because it's outstanding. I thoroughly appreciate that she's doing this. And uh yeah. Probably both of our least favorite activity in van life. Alright. We just arrived to Smith Rock State Park out here in Oregon last night. And this is the sport climbing mecca of Oregon. Also a lot of tread climbing. Looks pretty fun. So we're gonna go do some tread today and some sport climbing the next couple days and mix it up. So we're gonna have some fun. These are top of pitch 2. We're going up pitch 3. Finger crack right there. This is Smith Rock. Pretty cool. Pretty sweet views out here in Oregon. Some mountain hood action in the distance. And there's down to the ground. Some fun crack climbing. It's good stuff out here. And having fun. About to do some more climbing. Out here standing on the top of Spider Man. Three pitch crack climb out here in Smith Rock. There's the monkey face. It's pretty awesome. We don't have our A gear with us, unfortunately. Pretty views. You can see all the volcanoes in Oregon's downpour. Some good stuff. Alright, here's Jordan on the first pitch of Super Slab. On top of Super Slab. Three pitch climb in Smith Rock. Second climb of the day. Get a little taste of the crack coming down there. we park right over there. So, kind of wrap down. Go get some food and water. Alright, so this morning we started around the river. We went up Asterix Pass. And then down over to the other side and did Spider Man. And then came back down. Hiked around. Went up to Red Wall. Top of that was our other climb, Super Slab. And now, we're just making our way up. Maybe grab a beer. It was hot today. Beautiful park. Alright, it's day two of Smith Rock. We're going to do a five pitch sport climb called Wherever I Roam. It's all in the shade, which is nice because it's been 98 degrees here. We kind of lost our energy after Spider Man yesterday because it's crazy hot. I think we might try to do some single pitch after Wherever I Roam but we'll see where the sun is and how hot it is and how tired we feel and what our feet feel like. And then, I think we'll have one more day here at Smith Rock. We're going to do probably some trad and then mix with a little more single pitch sport climbing if we can. Really cool climbing. Really nice. It's just a little hot. It's hard to sleep at night. And starting to feel a little bit sore but it's all good. Out here on top of pitch three of Wherever I May Roam. Wish we were following the cracks but we're following bolts. We're sport climbing today. You can see down. And got two more pitches. Five pitch route. We're on the summit of Smith Rock. We're on top of the climb Wherever I May Roam. Five pitch sport climb. Pretty cool views down to the river. To the car. Gonna start rappelling. It's good stuff out here. I'm trying to sport multi-pitch in a while. So that was a good time. These are the other van people. Trumpet people. The Gateway Arch is a national park. This is our camping spot for the night. Bivouac at Smith Rock. No propane means no carbs. Which means chicken with sriracha on top and hummus. And some raw broccoli. Sad day. We unclogged our sink that was full of quinoa and now it drains so we can do dishes. It's the little wins. It's day three of Smith Rock. Gonna do some trash first. Then some sport. And then just hang out. Head over to Mount Hood later on. Trying some classics. Get the five gallon bucket now. Might move over to this finger crack and then cinnamon slab. On cinnamon slab is a nice crack of that ramp there. Kristen's on top putting the rope through the chains. So pretty awesome crack climbing. Now we're at Smith Rock which is the crème de la crème of sport climbing according to the locals. We're still track climbing. We did some sport. We were up on top of there yesterday. Five foot sport climb. Now we're back to the crack. It's beautiful out here. We're really close to Mount Hood. Fresh cherries. Pounds and pounds of fruit and berries and that's the plan. Good boy's got the food. Where are we? Are we in government camp? We're at Mount Hood. We got a giant cinnamon roll. We're headed to Portland today. We had a ton of Japanese food last night but it didn't stop us from eating a ton of baked goods as well. A break from climbing today and enjoying the nice weather here at Mount Hood. 70 degrees, my ideal temperature. Now we're headed to the famous food cart pod and then I think we're going to check out Port Kano over at a car park. We're going to try all the food. We had a cinnamon roll for breakfast and ice cream for lunch so now we're finishing it off with some Asian food and some Mexican food. Van lifers in the city. We just went to Planet Granite, did some gym climbing. It's been a while since we've been to the gym. Planet Granite in Portland has a ton of cracks and it felt good just to do a little top rope thing. They still charge you $22 for a day pass. The day pass is crazy even though we're members. It's a pretty cool gym. Now, still in Portland going to do a little day off get some breakfast, get a coffee and then maybe edit a vlog. I'm in Clatskanie, Oregon where their motto over there in that piece of art, according to Raymond Carver is, quote, will you please be quiet, please. That's what it says in their town park. Beautiful, you know? Please be quiet, please. Clatskanie, Oregon. Our last stop before Washington. Heading to Mount Rainier and on to the Cascades.