Nov 1
Fingers crossed. This trip looks a lot like our 2026 Trip (https://rvseniormoments.com/2026/01/09/our-2026-rv-trip/) which we had to cancel at the last moment.
Second time is the charm we hope as we’ve already started booking campgrounds.
More info to come!
Oct 31
This Lake McClure campground is one of our favorite places. The main reason is that there is almost no other campers there when we stay at Barrett Cove. For example, this time a ranger told us there were 2 or 3 other campers in the park. Love it!
LAKE MCCLURE
This fresh water reservoir varies in depth depending a snow pack melt and rainfall. This fall it’s down.
NEXT RV TRIP . . .
We’re coming back to Barrett Cove in a couple of weeks . . . this time, however, at a different camp site.
Aug 16
After a week’s stay, we left Highlands RV Park on Wednesday, July 29.
We stayed in three nondescript campgrounds on our way home and that’s the end of our summer RV trip.
Takeaways from this Summer’s RV trip:
• Never camp along the Eastern Sierras (aka Highway 395) in Summer. Way too hot!
• From now on it’s the Coast, Not Toast. That’s our plan for next year – travel when it’s cool and hunker down for extended stays in fair weather locations (like coastal Oregon).
Jul 24
BISHOP, CA (Elevation 4.150 ft)
It’s been 10 days since our last post. That was 5 campgrounds ago – mostly 1 or 2 day stops. We’re now in Highlands RV Park in Bishop, CA for a week. This is the park where we used to work some 5 years ago. It’s a cool town to visit. But getting here was the real challenge . . .
BISCAR FIRE
While on our way on Highway 395 from our campground in Lakeview, OR to Days End RV Park in Standish, CA, we discovered that part of Highway 395 was closed because of the Biscar wildfire.
And we had to take a detour along Highway 139 which added about 20 miles to our trip.
However, it was actually a great detour across a valley and open range. Open range? That’s where cattle are free to roam across fields . . . and roads . . .
ROCK FIRE
We’re in Bishop, CA now. It’s our former stomping ground and we’re planning a day trip to the mountains where it’s cooler.
Next Wednesday we leave for our next campground (Boulder Creek RV Park) near Lone Pine along Highway 395.
We’re watching the Rock fire which has been threatening to close Highway 395 . . .
IF YOU’RE TRAVELING TO CALIFORNIA . . .
Here are a couple of resources to consider during fire season which is pretty much 12 months a year . . .
LUCY
Our Golden Lucy has taken all these fire in stride . . .
Jul 14
GOLD BEACH, OR – It only took us about an hour to get here from AtRiver’s Edge in Brookings.
When we arrived on Wednesday we immediately wanted to stay longer than a week. Not this year, but we made reservations in 2027 for a 5-week stay.
We also plan to camp in AtRiver’s Edge in 2027 for a month. We really want to avoid as much summer heat as possible. For this summer it’s been heaven – cool temperatures all along the coast. However, starting tomorrow we turn inland and temps in the 90s. C’est la vie.
We’ll be in Site 11 again next year . . .
From our campsite, it’s a short walk to the Rogue River . . .
