Home -
2004 -
Backpacking at Thunder Creek
Photographer: Josh Eckels
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/2205-210x157.jpg)
John fighting through the plants
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/2206-157x210.jpg)
Chloe on the "trail"
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/2210-210x157.jpg)
Chloe in the distance, almost to the trail
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/2211-210x157.jpg)
Thunder Creek
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/2212-210x157.jpg)
Mushrooms on a tree
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/2213-157x210.jpg)
Twin trees
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/2214-210x157.jpg)
Slugs for dinner
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/2216-157x210.jpg)
Stream feeding into Thunder Creek
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/2217-210x157.jpg)
Thunder Creek
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/2218-210x157.jpg)
John and Mark work on setting up the tarp
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/2220-210x157.jpg)
John shows off the Little Nipper
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/2222-210x157.jpg)
John and Mark at dinner
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/2223-210x157.jpg)
Water on the outside of the tent, viewed from the inside
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/2225-157x210.jpg)
Decomposing tree trunk
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/2226-210x157.jpg)
Two cozy tents cozily located next to each other
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/2227-157x210.jpg)
Thunder Creek from the trail right in front of McAllister Horse Camp
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/2228-210x157.jpg)
A bridge relocated after the previous year's flooding, but still servicable
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/2229-157x210.jpg)
Mark and his umbrella
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/2232-210x157.jpg)
Fisher Creek, without bridge
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/2233-157x210.jpg)
A potential crossing point
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/2234-210x157.jpg)
Chloe on the skinny log
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/2235-157x210.jpg)
Slime
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/2237-210x157.jpg)
Thunder Creek where the bridge used to go to McAllister Camp
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/2238-210x157.jpg)
Mossy rocks
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/2239-210x157.jpg)
The tarp working its magic
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/2240-210x157.jpg)
The tarp working its magic
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/2241-210x157.jpg)
Mark's tent and the food hanging
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/2243-210x157.jpg)
Overcast skies
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/2246-157x210.jpg)
John prepares to dump the celery packet
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/2248-157x210.jpg)
Mark and his meal in a pouch
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/2250-210x157.jpg)
Mmm... really nasty pudding
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/2251-210x157.jpg)
Up close and personal with the worst pudding ever
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/2252-210x157.jpg)
Washing down the pudding with some port
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/2254-210x157.jpg)
Trying to dry out the rain fly
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/2256-210x157.jpg)
Washed out section of a stream feeding into Thunder Creek
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/2258-157x210.jpg)
The dreaded stream in question
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/2260-157x210.jpg)
Bunchberry (Ground Dogwood)
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/2261-210x157.jpg)
Cascade Oregon Grape
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/2262-157x210.jpg)
Small waterfall
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/2265-157x210.jpg)
Yet another stream feeding into Thunder Creek
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/2266-210x157.jpg)
Devil's club
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/2268-210x157.jpg)
Dense undergrowth
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/2272-210x157.jpg)
John as Atlas
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/2274-157x210.jpg)
Me looking scruffy and some blue sky
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/2275-210x157.jpg)
One of our few views of the mountains
![](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resized.jeckels.com/2277-210x157.jpg)
Diablo Lake
|
![Creative Commons License](/images/somerights20.png)
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License.
Unless otherwise noted, all content is Copyright Joshua Eckels.
If you make use of my work, I request, but do not require, that you send me a note and let me know.