Silver Sky Lodge RV Park, Eureka, NV

2 09 2017

Continuing across Utah and into Nevada, about the only highlight of this route is that it passes near Great Basin National Park.  Beyond the mountains of the National Park, the drive seems to be a series of pass crossings (around 7000’ each) and straight line roadways until the next pass.  Just before reaching the center of Nevada, we’ve stopped at Silver Sky Lodge RV park, about a mile west of Eureka, NV.  With around 15 sites, this park provides a gravel parking lot and well positioned full hookups for $25/night.  We parked awning to awning for more privacy and shade.  Our site has one of the few plastic picnic tables and a small 4×8 “pad” of artificial turf – a nice touch on the gravel.   There are a few OTA TV channels available, no park WiFi, but T-Mobile and Verizon both worked fine.

This is a no-frills park, but we’d not hesitate to stop here again on the Loneliest Road in America. Tomorrow we’ll continue west on Highway 50, with our next stop just east of Reno, NV.  More from there….

The Loneliest Road in America

The long, long road…

Silver Sky Lodge RV Park

The Friendliest Town, Eureka, NV


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Antelope Valley RV – Delta, UT

31 08 2017

Antelope Valley RV park is just on the western edge of Delta, a small town in west/central Utah along highway 50.  The RV park has about 100 back-in spaces organized around an oval area.  The beautiful grassy area in the center is surrounded by tall shade trees.  There are also a few of these shade trees along the back of the park.  We’re parked in these rear sites, #22 & #23.  All sites provide water, electric and sewer.  The water taps are most inconveniently placed, with the knob and threaded attachment at nearly ground level.  In these locations they take lots of abuse with RVs rolling over them as well as dirt piling up around them.  Between our two sites, only one water tap is usable.

Even though this park is very close to highway 50, we didn’t have much traffic noise during our stay.  There is also a high speed rail line that runs through the corn field behind us.  The northbound trains whistle at in-town crossings, the southbound trains are relatively quiet once they get past the park.  The park’s WiFi does great, with streaming video possible.  And, there are somewhere around 80 OTA TV channels, with all of the majors coming from Salt Lake City.

For our Good Sam discount rate of $32.00, this small park is a good value for a night or two – we’d visit again.

Antelope Valley RV, Delta, UT
Antelope Valley RV, Delta, UT
Antelope Valley RV, Delta, UT
Antelope Valley RV, Delta, UT

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California Bound

29 08 2017

We’re California Bound, expecting to arrive on the northern California coast in about 10 days. Once across Utah and Nevada, we’ll spend 2 nights at Susanville, CA, then 2 more nights near Lake Shasta at Redding.  We’ll cross over to the coast for 4 nights at Trinidad, CA then 3 more nights at Crescent City, CA before starting the return “loop” through southern Oregon.

Our first stop after leaving home is the KOA in Silt, CO.  A favorite KOA, we’ve watched as the owners opened to torrential rains and a muddy mess of a campground about 3 years ago. Now nicely landscaped, we enjoy the spacious riverside sites the best.  Our second night finds us back at Green River State Park.  We visted this park last year and would note that it still suffers from over watering and a fly/mosquito problem.  But, for a quick overnight – the cottonwood treed oasis is just fine.  Tomorrow we’ll continue to western Utah at Delta.  More from there…


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