Category: Campgrounds

Orovanda, NV – Wednesday September 8, 2021

Another travel day, 201 miles.

We are at a rest stop 2 miles south of Orovanda, NV. The area is not marked with parking spots so I pulled up along the outside corner so we can put the bedroom slide out to night. It is hot and we are running the air conditioners. The rear coach storage bay is 105.

It is smokey here as is most of Oregon, Idaho, Montana and norther California.

Ontario, OR – Tuesday September 7, 2021

Another travel day.

We spent 3 hours this afternoon at Hilgard State Park on I-84 coming out of the Blue Mountains. Only had a 5 hour drive so we spent some time up in the mountains where it was cooler then the 98 degrees it was going to be here in Ontario. We stayed in the day use area which has a circular turn around at the far end of the park. The challenge with the turn around is it had a tree leaning out high over the road which I thought might hit the coach. I decided it was better to unhook the pick-up than chance damaging the coach. Second time I have had to unhook the tow to turn around. The “Motorhome 100000 M” is from a previous trip through, currently at 134,000 miles.

Our view tonight.

After we pulled into the rest stop I took Marley out for a pee and then reached into the refrigerator for a Bud Light.

I found out that Pepsi and Bud Light cans are almost the same color.

Hermiston, OR – Monday September 6, 2021

We are on the first day of our Fall trip.

We will not be doing much exploring. Our first stop is at Richard and Vickie’s for a couple of days, then on to San Juan River in northern New Mexico flyfishing and the first two weeks of October at the Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque. These are all things we have done in the past and looking forward to doing them again.

Today’s travels, 270 miles from the big house to Hermiston with an hour stop at the Garcia’s

The haze you see is from the Schnieder Creek Fire which is just south of Cliffdell, Wa and just east of Chinook Pass. We were originally scheduled to be at Salmon Cove Group Camp Ground for week and than move to New Mexico. All the camp grounds in this area have been closed since mid August with this 83,000 acre fire. Looking forward to going to this campground next year.