Pendleton KOA

September 1-2, 2015

Road Trip!  10 States, 4000 miles

Who: Dianne, Joshua, Nora

 Our first night, we made it to Pendleton and stayed at the KOA.  The campground was a little more than a glorified parking lot, but not much.  Our site backed up to an apartment building.  It was perfectly adequate for one night though.

There was a great swimming pool in town and we spent a few hours there before turning in for the night.

Cascade Loop Trip

August 18-21 2015

Cascade Loop Tent camping trip with Bobbi Ann

Who: Dianne, Joshua, Nora, Bobbi Ann, Ruby, Kimberly and Ruby's friend Julie

Squire Creek Campground, Darrington, Site #25

Campground is nice sized.  Lots of trees, huge sites.  Great creek for wading.  Not a popular spot as there was only one other camper!

Serious lack of bathrooms - our closest one was a porta potty.  Only real bathroom was over by the picnic area.

Pearrygin Lake State Park, Winthrop, Site #159


Sites are huge and most are right on the lake.  Great swimming, no playground.

Due to wildfires in the area, they evacuated the town of Winthrop shortly after we arrived.  We were informed the campground was safe and they wanted the campers to stay to ease congestion on the roads. We spent a smoky night and left early in the morning with nice, wide open roads.

Daroga State Park, Site #25


Nice, large state park.  All sites have hook-ups.  Swim area is far enough away that we drove most of the time.

Camp was so windy that everything blew off the table, including our camp stove.  Overnight, they wind was strong enough to snap our tent pole and we spent the rest of the night in the car.

Cape Disappointment State Park

June 23-26, 2015

Cape Disappointment, Long Beach

Who: Dianne, Joshua, Nora, Conner, Nora

Sites are big and well spaced.  Campground is huge, took 5 minutes to walk to the beach.  

There are two lighthouses, but we weren't able to visit either as the parking would not accomodate motorhomes and they were several miles away. 

The kids were at the beach for hours and hours each day.  Luckily the shower meters were broken as they all took several, free, hot showers a day.  Note to self: put sunscreen on the redhead.  Whoops!

We drove down to Astoria, Oregon one day and visited the Astoria Column and the Goonies house. 

 

 

Kalaloch

June 12-14, 2015

Kalaloch, Olympic Peninsula, Site #A52

Who: Eric, Dianne, Joshua, Nora

Took Dad's new motorhome. 

The campground is great.  Most of the sites are well separated and private.  Campground is right on the beach which has wonderful sand.  Weather was beautiful and sunny.  The breeze off the ocean made it quite cool. 

We took my Dad's "new" motorhome.  It seems every quirk our old motorhome didn't have, this one does.  The water tank registered as full so I didn't top off the tanks before we left.  We ran out of water right after breakfast.  We tried to refill the tank for a good 20 minutes, but the pipe is either blocked or the switch is broken.  Luckily, we had a water jug to use for hand and dish washing.

  

Belfair State Park

September 5-7, 2014

Site #T27

Who: Eric, Dianne, Joshua, Nora, Logan, Jon, Missy

Amazing!  Our site was right next to Hood Canal. Excellent views.  The kids spent hours and hours playing in the water.  Also has a river to play in and a playground.

Weather was gorgeous as well.

We didn't pack up quick enough for the park ranger and he threatened to fine us.  We tossed everything in the motorhome and drove over to the day use area to sort it all out before heading home.  

Manchester State Park

August 15-18, 2014

Site #5

Who: Eric, Dianne,  Joshua, Nora, Logan, the George's

Park is nice. Wooded sites, very private.  Has historical buildings to look at, and hikes, but no real beach to swim in and no playground. 

Bobbi Ann brought a bunch of root beers and the kids had a taste test.

Staircase

June 27-29, 2014

Staircase Campground, by Lake Cushman

Who: Eric, Dianne, Joshua, Nora, Logan, Thaddeus, Terrious, Conner, Jon & Missy (8 kids, 2 adults)

Rained quite a bit - made us realize how much the front window leaks.  Boys stayed outside in a tent. 

The sites were designed long before motorhomes and we had a hard time finding a site where we could fit.  Amazingly enough, we ended up on a site right on the river.  It was gorgeous.  The kids had a blast jumping into the river, fully clothed as we didn't bring swimsuits.