Bachelor Camping

its been a long time coming, but my cousin sven finally found an awesome girl and they tie the knot in less than a month! this past weekend the boys headed up to jackson flats campground near wrightwood for a nice relaxing weekend away from the hustle and bustle of the city



setting up camp











i have no idea how to camp. i literally came with a sleeping bag, a tent i bought that same day, and beer. luckily my cousin samo, svens brother, came prepared with all of the essentials. the majority of our weekend consisted of eating and drinking. i love camping!

bacon and eggs, bacon and sausage scramble, bacon wrapped hot dogs, bacon guacamole burgers, can never have too much bacon







delicious french press coffee



samo showing off his weenie







beer









samo, sven, and i grew up playing with radio controlled models... and never quite outgrew it. there was definitely no shortage of R/C's on this trip. we had tiny drones



medium drones. this drone has an onboard camera that transmits a video feed to some goggles, allowing the pilot to fly as if he is sitting in the cockpit. pretty awesome!





he setup this extra monitor so we could watch the video feed. here is him flying around our campsite



and the big drone... the dji inspire 1. this thing is amazing!



a shot of our campsite taken with the inspire



another shot high above the angeles national forest



drone selfie! sven is controlling the drone, and i also have a controller that operates the onboard camera. so cool!!!



sven also brought this monster 1/5th scale buggy thats powered by a 2-stroke engine





sven has taken this hobby to another level with his company aerial gp, check him out here:
http://www.aerialgp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/AerialGP
https://www.youtube.com/user/AerialGP
https://instagram.com/fpvracing/
https://instagram.com/aerialgrandprix/

we also did a short hike along a portion of the pacific crest trail... which starts in mexico and goes all the way up to canada!









you can tell ryan is a true outdoorsman.



he knew if he got lost that rescue teams could spot these laces from miles away.











samo and ryan being one with nature





we played a whoooole lot of jenga. note to self: bring more games next trip



chopping firewood for our last nights campfire





drank beers and watched the sunset over the san gabriel mountains





all in all, a pretty awesome weekend. congrats cousin, looking forward to welcoming lisa to the family! two weeks til the big day in VEGAS!!!