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Sunriver / Bend Oregon

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  November 3 – November 7, 2020 We left the incredible Redwood Parks and Pacific Ocean early in the morning. This is a significant event as we start our return home. There is plenty of time for us to get home and there is much more to see and do, but we will be beginning to make the long drive home. If we go straight across the country the mileage is 2, 530 miles but that is not our route.   Our immediate destination is Bend / Sunriver Campground in Sunriver, Oregon.   This will the last of our Thousand Trails membership camping for this trip. This park was highly recommended so why not see what it was all about. After all, we have time and it’s not the destination but the journey! It doesn’t change the mileage much  (except for more drive time in the mountains) – 2,572 miles to home.  The drive to Sunriver, Oregon was approx. 250 miles. The first 100 miles were the worst. Mile after mile of narrow twisting, turning, up/down, hold your breath type of roads. ...
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Redwood National and State Parks - California

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October 30 – November 3, 2020 The drive from Florence, Oregon to Crescent City California was approximately 200 miles but what a drive! Up and down the narrow roads of the coastal hills, left / right, holding your breath as a semi or large truck came the opposite way. A true test of one’s driving ability with an RV and car in tow. At one point we thought there was smoke from a fire ahead – it was so thick but there was nowhere to turn off. It turns out it was fog. One minute the sun is shining, the next minute your engulfed in fog so thick you can only see one or 2 cars ahead. A very challenging 200 miles. Aside from the fog, it was a really beautiful drive (if you were the passenger). As soon as we crossed over to California, gas prices increased by $1/gallon. Good thing we thought ahead to get gas in Oregon. Prices went from $2.41 to $3.49. Our campground was just down the road from the Redwood State Park Visitors Center and the main road couldn’t have been more beautiful. Larg...
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Oregon Coast

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  October 22 – October 30, 2020 From our last campground in Washington, we continue to Oregon and move down the Pacific coast to California. All campgrounds in Oregon will be with our Thousand Trails membership. The Oregon coast is comprised of sea cliffs, sea stacks, and beaches. Along the coast there are over 80 State parks and recreation areas. We have never seen so many scenic viewpoints and turn-offs. Oregon does a fantastic job of creating secondary roads and parking to beaches and trails. During the peak season, the entire Oregon coast (Pre-Covid) supports the tourists from the surrounding states. The “Pacific City” Thousand Trails RV park in Cloverdale was our first campground. One detail about the Thousand Trails campgrounds is they are first come, first served. To find a site, we disconnect the car, leave the RV behind, and drive until we find what we like. This campground was positioned on a hill overlooking the ocean. There were 3 levels of road plus smaller side ...
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