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Jul 21

The Last Campgrounds of our Summer 2024 Trip

Bridgeview RV Resort

Grants Pass, OR • Elevation: 997 feet

It looks perfect . . .

Site 28 Overlooking the Rogue River (and I-5 above it)

The river view is beautiful though the traffic noise is a bit loud, and then there’s the cramped sites which some people “adapt” to . . .

. . . but then there’s the geese . . .

We lived on a lake for several years and each year Canadian Geese would raise their families on our lawn. Great. Until you step in the all too numerous geese droppings . . . which is greasy, sticky, smelly poop. And it’s everywhere.

When we saw the goose family taking a stroll in our dog-walking area, that was it. We won’t be back.

Fawndale Oaks RV Park

Redding, CA • Elevation: 937 feet

You should not stay in this park. It’s potentially dangerous. Not the pets, wild animals, or people . . .it’s the electrical hookups.

During our first night at Fawndale, I awoke to a power outage. The power cycled back on, but I noticed high voltage coming from our electrical pedestal . . . 132 volts . . .

If our Progressive Industries pedestal power protector sees 132V for more than 3 seconds, it disconnects power to our RV in order to protect it from potential high voltage damage.

Apparently, this happened a few times during the night because our Victron inverter kept track of the power resets. Bad, bad, bad . . .

So we left a day early on Sunday morning and headed for our next planned campground . . .

Oroville/Feather Falls Casino KOA Journey

Sorry no pictures. After only a few hours we deemed this KOA a winner. Good, clean facilities, friendly staff, modern sites.

Final Thoughts on Our Summer 2024 Trip

Despite several bad campground experiences along the way, all in all it was a successful trip!

We had two goals:

Get Away from Summer Heat – Mission accomplished! All the campgrounds along the Pacific coast were cool to the point of needing to use a heater at night and pullovers and sweaters during the day.

Find a Long-Term Summer Site – Mission accomplished! We made a month-long reservation at Lucky Lodge Campground on the Rogue River. Love it. We may also spend more time at the Little Creek Casino & Resort. Great food.

We’ll be back for our Fall 2024 trip. Till then . . .

Jul 15

Little Creek Casino & Resort

Shelton, WA • Elevation: 55 feet

We’ve been here 8 days and we leave tomorrow for Seaquest State Park which is about 75 miles south of us.

It’s been a blast! Great food, cheap laundry ($0.75), and large showers. Everything very, very clean. We were regulars at the Island Grille for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Very little cooking in our RV.

Jan played the slots for a few days, no big wins . . . unlike a player near us as we ate lunch . . .

Today’s highlight was dessert at a DQ . . .

It’s been a while since we stopped at a DQ

Finally, we begin our week-long trek back home . . .

Jul 5

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French Fire

7/13/24 – the fire is now 98% contained.

7/7/24 – the fire is now over 50% contained. Whew! Dodged another bullet.

So we arrived at our next campground (Wallicot River RV Campground & Resort in Ilwaco, WA) early Friday afternoon.

Soon after we arrived, Jan received a text message from a friend of hers at Idlewheels RV Park, our home base. The friend told Jan that a fire had started near the Mariposa High School yesterday the 4th and was now 843 acres and was only 15% contained.