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In Depoe Bay, OR we are staying very near to the beach!

We’re here in Depoe Bay, OR this week, which is right on the coast.  It’s a beautiful coast area, part beaches and part rocky cliffs.  We haven’t taken any pictures yet because we’re finding that it’s very foggy … all day the fog never lifts and we can barely see the treetops because of the heavy fog!  We’ve gotten our winter coats back out as it doesn’t get very warm either.

We’re hoping the skies clear in the next few days so we can drive the coast before we have to leave!  We did walk to one of the beaches the other day and while we were in coats, long pants and I had my gloves on, kids and people were in shorts and bathing suits!  It was in the 50s!  I guess to the locals it’s beach weather just because it’s August! LOL

The manager of the park said that it gets more foggy here when it’s warm in Eugene and Portland and they’ve been having a heat wave.  It’s supposed to rain tonight and tomorrow (Saturday) and he thinks that will cause it to clear up a bit.

Well, I am glad we’re here with cooler weather rather than in Ariz or Miss where it’s in the 90s and 100s!!  🙂

The RV Park where we’re staying is one I consider “rustic”.  It’s older and there are a lot of permanent trailers and a couple of small manufactured homes.  Of the 53 spaces, more than half are permanent people.  Many of them are older and the manager said they need a lot of assistance and checking up on.  We’re finding that happening in a lot of the older, “rustic” RV parks – people are moving in permanently!  Maybe we’ll end up doing that somewhere!

Here’s the link to the RV Park: http://www.fogartycreekrv.com/.

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We stayed at a golf course resort while in Chehalis

The RV park we found in Chehalis was at a golf course.  It was small with about 25 spaces, and was literally right next to the course.  The area where we were had a high net right behind the trailers in case of golf balls, and players often came right behind the trailer when they would hit into the rough on the hole there.

Jeff really enjoyed staying there as he could walk the dog along the course and lots of people would come up to pet Laddy and talk.  I enjoyed it as the road was very quiet – golf course on one side, small airport on the other and the road dead-ended about a 1/2 mile down.  So, I could walk along the road and rarely have cars pass!

The weekend that we were there they held a golf tournament, so the golf course was pretty busy, but it was fun to watch the activity.  We were planning to stay just one week but Jeff broke a tooth and we stayed a couple of extra days so he could get in to see a local dentist.  It didn’t hurt, he said, but we didn’t want to chance it breaking more or getting infected in the root.

Here’s the link to the RV park (golf resort): http://www.playriversidegolfrv.com/

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RV Parks in West Yellowstone – we’ve been to three of them

We’re here in West Yellowstone for a full month, and when we made reservations the first place we called only had availability the 1st through the 12th of June.  So we found another RV park in town that had availability the 12th through the 30th.

The first RV Park was Hideaway RV Park, right in town.  It was very small but clean and nice.  The spaces were adequate.  We were very comfortable there.

We moved on the 12th to Buffalo Crossing RV Park, also right in town.  It’s a fairly new RV park but we didn’t like it.  They have a rule that Laddy could not be left in the trailer alone, EVER.  Also, the whole park is deep gravel which is uncomfortable to walk in and gets tracked into the trailer by Laddy and Jeff’s boots.  And, they only have 3 channels (no cable) and they aren’t channels we watch, and with no Redbox in town we had very little choice for TV/movies during our downtime.  So, after 2 days we moved to Lionshead RV Park which is a few miles out of town but really nice, pretty scenery and setting and very nice managers.

Here are our reviews of these RV parks:

Hideaway RV Park, Buffalo Crossing RV Park, Lionshead RV Resort

 

 

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Holiday RV Park in Pismo Beaach – it was nice but…

The sites were SO TINY!  It’s basically a parking lot for RVs.  Our site had enough room to park our trailer and when the slides were out we were RIGHT on the line to the next site.  In order to park the truck within our site we had to put the mirrors in and back in right next to the trailer.  We barely had enough room to open the door and step out.

We didn’t have neighbors on the door side so we started parking the truck in the site next door. But, there was a next door neighbor on the other side and their truck was literally a couple of inches outside our window.  They had to squeeze between their truck and their trailer to get to their door that was at the rear of their trailer.  Ugh!

Other than that it was a nice enough park.  Nice and level, a pool, clubhouse, laundry facility.  The staff was pleasant and the grounds were well taken care of.  And, we got a 15% discount for being Escapee Club members.  But, I don’t think we’ll stop at this RV park again just because of the size of the site.

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Review – Ventura Ranch KOA *****

We stayed in Santa Paula for a week, near Ventura and Ojai, CA.  We weren’t sure what we wanted to do in the area, but we remembered that it’s a pretty area from a trip we took up here several years ago.

Our criteria when choosing an RV Park to stay at is first: they allow Laddy (some don’t allow Dobermans as some insurance considers them an aggresive breed, for those of you who know Laddy you know how silly that is!); second: price, as we are on a budget; third: they are close enough to the area attractions that we aren’t spending a ton on money on fuel; fourth: at least elec and water as we aren’t into “dry camping”; and fifth: Jeff looks on Google Earth to see if it’s an attractive RV park with shade and enough space.

We knew before arriving in Santa Paula that they would allow Laddy, the price was reasonable for the central Ca. coast, that it was less than 20 miles to either Ventura and the coast and also less than 20 miles to Ojai and the hilly area of the region.  We opted for an elec/water only site as the full hookups were more expensive, and from Google Earth the park looked rustic and pretty with lots of shade trees and space around the sites.

The first site they selected for us was very tight for a 30′ trailer (really 34′ if you count the hitch) and didn’t have room to park the truck as it was on the outside of a loop meaning a pie-wedge shaped space.  They let us move to another site for all but the last night which was part of Easter weekend and already booked.  So, we were comfortable in the site.

The park itself is lovely, large with lots of trees, shrubbery, flowers etc.  There was a patch of irises just behind our trailer that was blooming (my favorite flower).  There were squirrels and bunnies and ducks and a flock of peacocks that would wander through the park, the alpha male showing off his large feathery display several times a day.  This KOA is very kid-friendly with a huge jumping pillow (about 40 kids would fit on it at once!) and a zipline too!  We decided to ride the zipline and there’s a separate blog entry about that with videos 🙂

So, this RV park gets 5 stars from us!

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New to our Blog – Reviews!

After being on the road for several months, Jeff and I have realized we can’t recall names of restaurants we enjoyed, some details about RV Parks that we might want to remember if we come to an area again, etc.

And, we’ve realized that while online review websites such as Yelp.com and BringFido.com have some good information, we find some dog parks and good places to visit through other avenues such as neighbors at an RV Park or just driving by and saying “Oh, look…!”

So, we thought we’d better start documenting the good and the bad about places we’ve been.  We’ll focus on RV Parks, dog parks and restaurants as we need those everywhere, but we’ll also include local attractions such as museums, state and county parks, etc that we visit and either like or want to avoid next time.