Home from Sequim

10 07 2024

We’ve crossed the Tacoma Narrows Bridge and left the Olympic Peninsula, skirted south of the greater Seattle area and joined I-90 beginning our trip home. Our first night is in Easton, WA. Located at over 2000’ in elevation, Easton is surrounded by natural beauty of tall pine forests and picturesque lakes. We’re parked at Silver Ridge Ranch. With about 45 sites well spread out in the tall pines many of these sites provide horse corrals. Offering 30A and a water connection, site #11 is nice and private, but #10 would give better StarLink access.

Tacoma Narrows Bridge and Mt. Rainier

Silver Ridge Ranch, Easton, WA

The next day, we’re parked at the Pendleton KOA in Pendleton, Oregon. This is perhaps the tightest campground we’ve ever been in. Centrally located back-in sites (we’re in #37) are short and narrow. We pushed back all the way to the neighbors ladder, and are barely able to get steps down next to the truck. If there’s a next visit here, it needs to be one of the sites along the south side, #73-101. We had an excellent dinner at Mac’s Bar & Grill in downtown Pendleton, and would highly recommend any of the menu items here.

Pendleton KOA, Pendleton, OR

On Sunday, after a long day, we’ve arrived in Glenn’s Ferry, Idaho and are parked at the Three Island Crossing State Park. This is a beautiful state park! Nestled into a large bend in the Snake River, this Oregon Trail river crossing was famous for it’s treacherous and dangerous waters. Until, in 1869, when Gustavus Glenn opened his ferry service. Primarily for moving freight to and from the railroad town of Glenn’s Ferry, this ferry service was also used by emigrants. We’re parked in site #67 in the lower loop. Most of these lower sites are surrounded by tall cottonwood trees which give some relief in the 100+ degree heat “dome” that the western US is experiencing. Whew…it’s hot!

Three Island Crossing State Park, Glenn’s Ferry, ID

After relaxing an extra day in Glenn’s Ferry, we’re parked at Riverside RV Report in South Weber, UT – just a few miles north of Salt Lake City. This is a very nice, new park. However, located right next to Interstate 84, it suffers from a lot of highway noise. From South Weber we’re bound for a quick overnight at Green River, UT. We usually stay at the State Park here, but this time decided on the nearby KOA. This park is a typical “Journey”, offering a quiet place to park for a night or two. With temps again pushing into the triple digits, we’re especially pleased to have 50A service along with full hookups.

Riverside RV Resort, South Weber, UT

We’re looking forward to cooler Colorado mountain temperatures as we arrive to Mountain Landing Suites & RV Park in Pagosa Springs. Located at over 7000’ elevation, daytime highs are still warm, into the 90’s, but evenings cool quickly into the 40’s or 50’s! This is a very nice park located a few miles west of downtown! One of our favorite restaurants in Pagosa is Riff Raff on the Rio – a brewery of craft beers with some excellent food choices too.

Mountain Landing Suites & RV Park in Pagosa Springs, CO

After 42 nights on the road, and about 3200 miles, we’re ready for some downtime at home. But, only for 2 weeks – on July 20th we’ll depart for our annual visit to Cheyenne Frontier Days. More from Cheyenne!

 





We’re off to Oregon!

14 06 2024

We’re off to Oregon to join friends from the Montana Owners group in the small town of Westfir, OR, about 45 minutes southeast of Eugene.

We have 4 “1-nighters” planned, which means by the time we arrive in Oregon, we’ll be ready to pause and enjoy for a few days. Our first stop is in Durango, CO at the Oasis RV Resort. This is a favorite park, and we’ve spent several chilly nights here on our way south to Arizona in January and February.  Our next night is at Green River State Park where we’ve stayed numerous times.  Our 3rd night is at Great Salt Lake State Park.  This park of only 5 sites doesn’t garner great reviews, but we found our stay pleasant – with easy access, full hookups, quiet, dark nights and a good view out the back window.

Great Salt Lake State Park

Great Salt Lake State Park

After Salt Lake City, we’re parked at Village of the Trees RV Resort in Delco, ID.  Indeed an oasis along the Snake River, we first stayed in this park way back in 2016.  And, as luck would have it, we’re parked in the exact same site, #A9!

Village of Trees, Declo, ID

From Delco, ID we’re bound for Caldwell, ID, just west of Boise where we’ll spend a couple night catching up with a friend that just moved to Idaho from Colorado.  Abundant Life RV Park in Caldwell is a relatively new park, and offers great facilities and roomy sites in a convenient location.  We’d highly recommend this park!

Abundant Life RV Park, Caldwell, ID

Abundant Life RV Park, Caldwell, ID

After Caldwell, we’re headed to Bend, OR.  This is our longest segment so far, with nearly 6 hours on the road across what ends up be fairly boring eastern Oregon.  But, arriving in Bend, we’re glad to be here for 4 nights.  We’re parked right in town at Scandia RV & Mobile Park.  Its not new or fancy, but it’s very close to everything in Bend, and we have a nice private back-in site under huge pines.  We enjoy an afternoon wandering around the Old Mill District, check out downtown and of course the “required” beer samples at the famous Deschutes Brewery.

Scandia RV & Mobile Park, Bend, OR

Deschutes Brewery, Bend, OR

From Bend, we’re headed to Westfir, OR…more from the Willamette River Valley!

Welcome to Westfir, OR!





Off to Heber City, UT

11 06 2023

After a “close call” for Jury Duty, I’ve been released on Friday and we’re going to head out tomorrow.  The annual Western Regional Montana Owners Club rally starts next Wednesday in Heber City.  This is the same rally that we attended for the first time last June in Dolores, CO.  We’ve also met a smaller group of Montana Owners in Quartzite in January.

Gunnison KOA Journey

We’re going to visit friends in Montrose, but decide that nearly 5 hours is just a bit too far, so our first night is at the KOA Journey in Gunnison. This campground is more like a city park, lush green lawns, big trees and even a small fishing lake.  We’re parked in site #48 which provides a very long back-in site with full hookups right behind the office.  This site isn’t bad, but if the “Kottage” is occupied, you’ll share your patio area for their parking.  We’d prefer to be further around the circle, site # 26, 28 or 16, 18.

Moochdocking in Montrose

From Gunnison it’s a relatively easy trip over to Montrose, including passing through the US 50 Little Blue Creek Canyon Improvement Project.  In Montrose we enjoyed Colorado Boy Pizza and Beers on Sunday evening.  On Monday evening we joined additional friends for an informal dinner of wonderful salads, beans and hot-dogs!  Thanks M&D for letting us “camp” in your front yard.!

Green River State Park, Green River, Utah

From Montrose we’re headed to Green River State Park.  We’ve stayed at Green River before, and have always noted their mosquito problem apparently due to overwatering of the lush grass.  It’s not as bad in previous years, but the little nuisances are still obnoxious when walking through the grass or just after sunset.  We’re parked in site #26, basically just a wide spot in the main road with hookups on the wrong side.  Not optimal, but it’ll work for a quick overnight.  We’d also note that it appears that the park is adding 10-20 new tent sites and at least 1 new shower house.

After Green River, we’ll be in Mountain Valley RV Resort in Heber City for 7 nights.  More from Heber City…





The Rest of the California Trip

23 09 2017

After departing Sparks Nevada we’re headed to New Frontier RV Park in Winnemuca, NV.  We stayed in this park last August and still give it high marks.  NEW FRONTIER REVIEW

New Frontier RV Park, Winnemuca, NV

From Winnemuca we’re headed to the KOA in Wendover, NV.  We visited this park last year and REVIEW IT HERE.

Wendover Will

Our next destination is the Mountain View RV park in Wellington, UT.  However, arriving here we find a rather run down gravel lot next to a Motel 9 that holds little appeal.  We pass on the Mountain View and instead travel another hour to Green River State Park.  We’ve been in Green River twice now, REVIEW IS HERE.

Finally crossing the Colorado state line on day 30 of our California Road Trip, we’re pleased to meet up with good friends and enjoy a couple of relaxing days at Island Acres, a State Park campground in the beautiful Glenwood Canyon.  ISLAND ACRES REVIEW.

Wine Tasting in Paliside, CO

It’s been a great trip, filled with unexpected events; wildfire detours, hospital visits, a few thumbs down RV parks as well as my first time towing the RV.  What a fantastic experience!   And so ends our 32 night adventure to the Northern California coast!





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…





Green River State Park, UT

30 06 2016
Green River State Park, UT

Green River State Park, UT site #4

Our 2nd night enroute to Bryce Canyon is at Green River State Park in Green River Utah.  Situated along a gentle bend in the Green River and within the city limits of Green River, UT, this is an oasis in the otherwise brown desert scenery.  But, this park need some TLC.  Low tree branches threaten A/C units and vent covers on taller rigs.

Irrigation is provided by an antiquated system that over-waters in some areas and leaves brown spots in others.  After the park manager turned on the water in our section, we’re left with a muddy puddle under the picnic table and a soaking wet RV pad along with water running down the sides of the trailer.  As evening falls, the mosquitoes that the over-watering  encourages are evident.  There are not many alternatives in this area, but we’d probably try to find something else on a subsequent visit to Green River in July or August.  In earlier or later seasons when irrigation isn’t as necessary, this might be an ideal location.

Our group of 3 rigs utilized sites #4, #5 and #23.  All provided water and electric along with a picnic table and fire pit.  There’s a dual lane dump station available in the park.