Swimming Hole!
Came here for one night, a quick one hour drive from Portland. When I arrived on a Sunday afternoon, the campground was mostly empty and the day use area was packed. Some sites are reservation and others are FCFS. There's a great waterfall, swimming hole about a quarter mile walk from the campground. Lots of families were out having a great time swimming, jumping from the rocks and picnicking.
I had a reservation for site #7, but ended up moving to #6 because it was nicer and empty. No one came around to check my reservation. Only 3 other campers were in the campground on a hot August day. All of the sites are pull-though. My site was overlooking the river, but there is no safe way down to the river from any of the campsites, that I could tell. There is a path to the river near the parking area, but the real attraction here is the day use area.
The day use area was totally empty and surprisingly clean the morning after being super crowded with swimmers. Saw some tiny frogs and tadpoles in the rocks.
The only bummer was the camp staff were making a lot of noise mowing and blowing Monday morning. I guess that's too be expected, but I was hoping to hang out and listen to the river at my site before I left and it wasn't pleasant.
It's a beautiful place and would have stayed another night if there was any cell reception. No Verizon. No ATT.
Used my new PRO account for the first time for some offline research!