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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 3^rd 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

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

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!

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Categories : Summer Camping 2024

Jordanelle State Park, Utah

5 09 2016

Jordanelle State Park, site #90

We’re parked at site #90 at Jordanelle State Park on the Jordanelle Reservoir about halfway between Park City and Hebor City, UT. Arriving without a reservation, the front gate assigned us to site 90, a somewhat short back-in site on the Wasatch Loop, closest to the lake. RV parking is available in about 100 sites at the Hailstone Campground, organized around 4 loops and one long row of pull-through sites. A mix of back-in and pull-throughs with 86 sites of partial hookups (electric/water) and 14 sites with full hookups (electric/water/sewer). There are also 40 small RV or tent dry sites at the McHenry Loop and 28 walk-in tent sites at Keetley Point. Nearly all of these sites are reservable online. At the Hailstone RV section, there are 3 toilet/shower buildings and one central camper services building that provides toilet, shower and laundry facilities. There is also a dump station available.

In addition to water and electric, sites provide a picnic table, fire ring and BBQ pit on a large cement pad. The loops are organized across a hillside, so nearly all sites have some type of views across the water. Some favorites include #90, our site, which provides good lake views as well as good privacy from other nearby sites. It has a good shade and a fairly flat tent pad. Site #76 is a long lakeside pull-through site with some shade. Site #53 – 44 are perched on the edge of the Lower Fisher loop providing great views, but not a lot of shade. #34 is a very private back-in along the same loop, but without much of a view. Over the air TV was nearly non-existent here, but with blazingly fast T-Mobile service, we could stream nearly anything we wanted to watch. This is a great Utah State Park and one we’d return to.

We’ll continue east along highway 40 tomorrow, with a planned stop somewhere around Vernal, UT. More from there…