We had read excellent reviews about Bay Point Landing from fellow RVers and thought we we should head there and see what all the fuss was about. What a wonderful place. Bay Point Landing sits on the bay not far from the Pacific Ocean and offers a “modern camping” experience
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Newport, Oregon – Out and About
The Newport area has so much to see and do that you can keep busy for literally weeks. Newport has a population of over 10,000 people and sits on the central coast of Oregon. It is located at the western terminus of US Route 20 which is the longest road
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On our previous stay in Newport we camped at South Beach State Park campground. This time we were looking for something a little different and decided to try out the Port of Newport RV Park. It is located at the marina with great views of the Yaquina Bay bridge and
Continue readingFt. Stevens State Park – Astoria, Oregon
Welcome to Ft Stevens State Park – where the Columbia River meets the Pacific Ocean. Ft Stevens campground is quite large with more than 8 loops and almost 500 sites. Yes, it is large but each loop feels quaint and small (albeit it can feel crowded on weekends and during
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Our next destination was Mt St Helens so we choose a campground which had good access to the national monument. We found a cute little campground (11 RV sites and 11 tent sites) with some good reviews called Harry Gardner County Park. This park sits along the South Toutle River
Continue readingTaidnapam Park – Glenoma, Washington
As we made our way from Vantage to Glenoma we drove through Yakima and on to Highway 12 where the Schneider Springs wildfire was burning. The sky in Yakima was a bit overcast and smokey but not as bad as we have seen before with wildfires. As we entered Naches
Continue readingWanapum State Park – Vantage, Washington
Our next destination was Mount Rainier National Park with a one night stopover at a national forest campground along the Naches River. A few weeks earlier we had received an email from Recreation.gov notifying us that our reservation was cancelled with a full refund due to the campground being closed.
Continue readingFarragut State Park – Athol, Idaho
Farragut State Park is about 40 minutes north of Coeur d’Alene and is one of our favorite state parks. Since we used to live in this area we are very familiar with the park and have not only stayed here many times before but have hiked every trail multiple times.
Continue readingPolson, Montana – Out and About
It is about a 5 minute drive from the Polson KOA to downtown Polson which is a small town (about 5,000 people) on the southern end of Flathead Lake. It has a nice downtown area with a weekly farmer’s market (in the summer), some breweries, restaurants, stores, golf courses, boat
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Where to stay, where to stay? It is coming up to Labor Day weekend and sites are extremely difficult to get. We had stayed at Polson Motorcoach Resort previously and really enjoyed it but unfortunately they only allow Class A motorhomes. We tried and tried various national forest campgrounds, state
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