Category: Campsite

Pleasant Valley, Hwy 410 – Friday August 21, 2020

Site 9, Garcia’s are across the road in site 10.

We are here for 9 days this year. We had planned a family camp at Kaner Flat 12 miles down the road August 21 to 25 for my birthday May 31 I turned old 70.

Then move to Salmon Cove for Jeff’s group camping trip. A couple of months ago we got a notice that Kaner Flats was not going to open this year and Jeff got a notice that Salmon Cove was not going to open either. We were able to get these reservations for August 21 to 30 and many of the people from Jeff’s group moved to Pleasant Valley. The Covid and weather (fire ban) reduced Jeff’s family groups down to four and us from 14. For us it ended up working out for the best because the Little Naches road to Kaner Flats was closed because of fire at the top of the ridge. Things have sure changed over the years. We have camped at Kaner Flats with fire half way up the valley and helicopters picking up water in the pond just west of the campground. While we were at Pleasant Valley the 17 sites were no more than 2/3’s full on the weekend and two other sites during the week. All the reservable sites had reservation signs on them and no one showed. Covid and weather probably biggest factors. Lot of people will not go camping if they can not have a campfire. Mel and Laura had reservations for three nights but they didn’t come because of all the fires in California and they didn’t want to leave their home.

Richland Wa, Wednesday June 17, 2020

We are at the Garcia’s for the next month. Tri-cities area is still in phase 1 of the Covid so the RV park is still on restricted usage. We are lucky because we already had reservations for a month. The original was to be here so Mike and Tanya could fly back east to one of Mike’s shipmates wedding on June 19. The wedding got canceled but we kept the month long reservations. You can stay at the park for one night or for over 30 nights. In phase one Covid their is no recreational camping in the area. Thus we’ll be here for a while.

Map and campsite pictures, site 137.

Goodyear, AZ – Wednesday April 1, 2020

Well we are still here in Goodyear. With all the virus things going on we decided to stay here for April. It was a hard to decide what to do. The coach is our traveling home and it feels like home however with the upheaval it would be nice to be in our big house home of 43 years. We were able to move to another site so the refrigerator does not have the afternoon sun.

Big house weather is still cool/cold and wet. Both Brian and Tanya sent us pictures of hail in their back yards yesterday.

Goodyear weather for the first part of April. Traveling is becoming difficult with all the state parks closed and more and more federal parks closing every day. I saw on an RV news letter that their are more people at Quartzsite now than they had in January. The current plan is to return to the big house in May and see what is going to happen after that.

Campsite pictures, in site 365 facing north.

Lots of open spaces. The only thing open here at the park is the laundry room, but at least we have a place to be and the monthly rate is $20.00 a night.

Boron, CA – Tuesday February 11, 2020

Today was a driving day:
On the road at 6:30 a.m.
Got to Boron, Ca for the night at 4:30 p.m.
495 miles with a tail wind most of the day
We have spent many nights at this rest spot both on our trips south and also going north
Clear sunny day all day long
Wednesday will be 276 miles to Quartzsite

Boron is just north of Edwards Air Force Base.

Not much of a campsite picture but it is a rest stop.

Eugene, Oregon – Sunday Feb 9, 2020

First day on the road for 2020.

This year will be a lot like last year.
Mariner’s Spring Training
Big House for Easter and opening of lowland trout lakes
Montana for part of May and June
Richland for last half of June and July
Big House for last half of July and half of August
Leave big house mid August for family camping and my 70th birthday celebration
Two weeks in September will be fishing San Juan River, northern New Mexico
October is Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta
Zion National Park for end of October.

Today’s travels, 271 miles

It’s the ever popular rest stop night. Tomorrow’s goal is Red Bluff, Ca. At least it is not raining today. We had a lot of rain in January. SeaTac Airport averages 35 inches of rain per year and Enumclaw get 50 inches of rain. Brian lives right next to the airport and they got 14 inches of rain during January. That means we got around 28 inches. Nice to be out of the rain for a while.