Finding Our Way
On to Pahrump! Pahrump is a town of close to 40,000 people in Nevada close to the California border. It is about 60 miles west of Las Vegas and sits in the Mojave Desert. A bit of trivia is that Pahrump was the location of the 1996 movie “Mars Attacks”
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We departed Walker Lake and headed through Hawthorne and on through the empty desert via Tonopah with our final destination being Goldfield. Hawthorne is the home to a very large Army ammo depot (“they” say the world’s largest) and you can see the bunkers throughout the country side. There are
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Walker Lake Recreation Area is a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) managed recreation area which offers camping, boating, fishing, hiking, picnicking, and wildlife viewing. Walker Lake is about 12 miles by 5 miles and is located just north of Hawthorne. Sportsman’s Beach has 34 campsites with cabanas, picnic tables, and
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We departed McCloud, California and headed towards Reno, Nevada through Lassen National Forest, along Highway 89 past Lake Britton. It was a beautiful drive through the forest with the autumn leaves starting to peak. We continued on to Highway 44 east to Susanville past areas where several bad wildfires were
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We departed Seven Feathers RV Resort in Canyonville, Oregon on a cloudy, misty, rainy day to head south on I-5. By the time we crossed into California we started seeing blues skies and the rain had stopped. It wasn’t long before Mt Shasta came into view. Then we passed a
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The drive from Cape Blanco State Park over the hills to I-5 was a beautiful drive with great weather. It was a bit slow going due to the nature of the road (highway 42) but it was still a beautiful drive. We made it over to I-5 and headed south
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On our way from Newport to Cape Blanco we passed through Bandon, a cute little coastal town which is the center of cranberry production for the area. Most of the cranberries had been harvested already but we managed to see one field where they were working away. The Bullards Beach
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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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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
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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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