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Lucky Lodge – This is IT

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 . . .

Site 11

Early morning Drone Flyover of Lucky Lodge and the Rogue River

From our campsite, it’s a short walk to the Rogue River . . .

Lucy, Jerry’s Riverboat, and the Rogue

Lucy’s new favorite spot

The Gold Beach beach

AtRivers Edge RV Campground – Brookings, OR

The trip on Highway 101 from Giant Redwoods RV to our next stop, AtRivers Edge RV Campground, took about 4.5 hours – 2 hours longer than expected.

Lots of One-Lane Highway Stops on this leg of our journey
One of our “destination” campgrounds

Our reward after a long drive

Our site #103
Our site overlooks the Chetco River and a working quarry

The view out of our RV

NEXT YEAR’S CAMPSITE

We’re hoping to book Site 127 for the month of July 2027.

The view from Site 127

TOILET EMERGENCY !!!

At about 8 am this morning (Friday) our toilet’s “flapper” broke. So our original 25-year-old Dometic toilet could no longer be flushed. Kaput.

Kaput Flapper

This, of course, caused no small amount of consternation for us. A night time bathroom visit would mean a trip to the campground’s loo. No thanks.

However, after a phone call to a local RV repair shop I found out that an RV toilet could be had in Crescent City, CA ACE Hardware about 20 miles away.

Crescent City, CA hardware store – that carries Dometic RV toilets

The old toilet

Old toilet removed
Gateway to Hell
New Dometic 300 toilet installed

HAPPY ENDING

Besides having replaced a broken toilet in about 4 hours, the day ended by stumbling upon a lakefront festival on our way to a restaurant . . .

Lucy really loved this festival