We left Vancouver on October 1st, and headed south to Mount St Helen’s National Volcanic Monument for a few days. We stayed at Silver Cove RV Resort, Silverlake, Washington and drove up to visit Mount St Helen’s. Prior to to the 1980 eruption, Mount St Helen’s was the fifth-highest peak in Washington, at 9,677 ft,…
Category: Oregon
Trip to Florence and Yachats
While our RV is still being serviced we decided to drive out to the coast to visit Florence and Yachats. We drove into the Sand Dunes Frontier, the dunes lie along the coast, with the estuariies of three major river valleys connected by two long stretches of sand, about 40 miles of dunescape. We drove…
Sahalie and Koosah Falls
After leaving Seven Feathers RV Park we drove north to Eugene, to get our RV serviced in Junction City, at Guaranty RV Centers. We decided to stay near the RV Center so we booked in at Life Northwest RV and Lodging in Harrisburg which they had recommended the last time we were here. It was…
Crater Lake
We are staying at Seven Feathers RV Park in Canyonville, Oregon for a few days and well worth it as this is a beautiful Park. We have never been to Crater Lake National Park, as it is only a two hour drive from here we decided to take the opportunity to explore Crater Lake in…
Green Lakes Hike
Today the weather improved and we wanted to do a nice long hike. We drove south to Bend and took the Cascades Lakes HWY 26 miles past Mt Bachelor to the trailhead for the Green Lakes Trail, an 8.4 mile round trip hike. We started up the trail around 11:30 am, it was a gradual…
Painted Hills State Park, Oregon
T’S MY BIRTHDAY!! The day started with presents, cards and phone calls with my kids. So grateful for my wonderful family! Then it was off to Painted Hills State Park which is a 2 hour drive from our Park. The guide book said “GO……this is an Oregon must see!” First we walked up the Painted…
Tam Mac Arthur Trail and Tumalo Falls, Oregon
We drove to Sisters this morning to hike the Tam McArthur Rim Trail located just outside of the town off of Elm Street in The Sisters Wilderness. The Trail started from Three Creek Lake at 6,550 feet elevation, it was a winding switch back single track trail to begin but the views were well worth…
Sahalie Falls, Oregon
It’s a beautiful sunny day for a drive, we wanted to go over the McKenzie Pass on Rte 242, but the road was still closed. So we decided to go off the paved roads and take FS 1028 to the Skylight Cave. After some searching we finally found it only to realize that we need…
Smith Rock State Park, Oregon
On the road again driving through the beautiful countryside of central Oregon to Bend/Sisters Garden RV Resort, about 4 miles south of Sisters, Oregon and north of Bend. It is one of the most beautiful parks we have stayed with huge pine trees, paved pads, green grass between the sites and a pond with a…
Vale, Oregon – The Oregon Trail Murals
Today we drove RSherpa to Vale Oregon, located about 12 miles west of the Idaho border, on the Malheur River. We stayed at the Vale Trails RV Park for two nights. The community was the first stop in Oregon along the Oregon Trail, and was incorporated in 1889 as the Town of Vale. There are…