We're not too sure how much we will enjoy cold/wet winter camping so it was off to yet another Oregon State park while the weather is still nice. L.L. Stub Stewart state park is only 35 miles west of Portland so we decided to check it out

The park is only 5 years old and everything was clean with plenty of features. There were 2 main camp sites, a few walk-in tent sites, a separate camping area for people with horses and a new cabin site as well. The mountain biking and hiking trails were plentiful with varying levels of difficulty. We also managed to take advantage of the very scenic paved biking trail that went through the entire park property.

Here are some pics of our site and the delicious dinner we cooked up. Steak, corn, mushrooms and onions!

The most exciting part of this trip was that we were able to test out the new Auxiliary battery install. I went with the Kinetik high current power cell which was expensive $130 but should be great for years of worry free camping.

The battery isn't the most powerful (950 amps, 36 Ah) but is very compact and lightweight. As you can see - it fit perfectly under the driver's seat with plenty of room. Completely isolated from the main battery and charges off the alternator, it is now powering the radio, all interior LED lighting, sink pump, and the new power inverter!

Above is the fuse box and below is the new power inverter. It's only a 400W inverter but is more than enough to power our laptop/iPad etc. I couldn't pass up the price of this inverter - $23 on sale at Harbor Freight Tools. It has an internal fan but did not even get warm after several hours of generous testing.

We ran all the LED lights, watched movies on the laptop, charged our phones and iPad, generous use of the sink pump and several hours of radio use. So we're very happy with the end result and are looking forward to more "self sufficient" camping in the future.
Here are some night time shots with the LED's working their magic.