Updated ‘Our RV Trips’

Added our 2024 Oregon/Washington RV Trip in the Our RV Trips drop down above.

It’s the latest addition to the several other RV trips (2017, 2019, 2022, and 2023) we’ve taken over the years.

2027 RV Trip to Wisconsin

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!

Barrett Cove Campground – Fall 2026

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.

You Can Go Home Again

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).

Wildfires

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 . . .