Daily Archives: June 11, 2011
Even the Weeds were Delicious . . .
For me, this morning started about 7:15 when I got up before Jan and started getting us ready to roll. I took down the sat dish and got everything done outside except for dumping and unhooking power.
About 8:15 I woke up my sleepyhead so she could get ready to go to breakfast at the Hi-Lo Diner, as we’d decided to have one last meal there before we left.
Getting back to the park, we dumped our tanks, said our goodbyes to some new friends, unhooked power, and hit the road.
Right down the block to the Pilot to take on some diesel. In checking my Silverleaf, we did 882 miles on this tank and used 109.6 gallons for a little over 8 MPG. Not bad considered all the hills we’ve climbed since I last filled up in Las Vegas on May 10th.
About 10:45 we hitched up and pulled out down the road. Taking a back street, rather than getting out on I-5 and then right back off, we drove thru downtown Weed and then out of town on US 97, heading north. For the first 12 miles or so we were retracing our route to the Mt. Shasta Lavender Farm, but after that it was all new scenery for us. And very scenic it was.
We gradually climbed up through 5000 feet and then the land started to level out, with light to medium forest cover. About 70 miles before we reached the park, we could see Mt. Scott off to the left, that marks Crater Lake, one of our sightseeing destinations while we’re in this area.
The road, although mostly two lane with a lot of passing lanes, was overall pretty good with no real bad spots. A good day’s travel.
Our friend Nick Russell called about 2:30 to check in and see where we were, which at that point was about 5 miles from the park.
We pulled in to the Bend/Sunriver Thousand Trails about 2:45. To make it easier to find a site, we pulled into a large parking lot to unhitch the toad and drive it around.
Since we won’t have sewer hookups I wanted to try to find a site near one of the 2 dump sites. Looking at the map, we drove to the rear of the park and found the perfect site. Although there are some other rigs within a few hundred feet of us, we can’t see them and they can’t see us.
Perfect!
Here we are all tucked in, nice and cozy.
When we were looking for a site, I was careful to pick one where I thought I could get a satellite view. Here’s what I ended up with for 85% signal.
And as happens occasionally, I sat the dish down on the picnic table, leveled it, and went inside to turn on the sat receiver. And it came up locked on the signal.
Also nice.
Here’s a couple of views of the roads leading away from our site.
Of course, if you’re a little more sociable, the sites toward the front of park are less forested and closer together.
But who wants that?
And, unlike Nick Russell’s recent experience at the Thousand Trail’s parks on the Oregon coast, I have 4 bars of 3G with good Internet service.
All in all, a very nice park.
About 5 Jan and I headed out for dinner. We decided to check out a place called Boondock’s that advertised in the RV park brochure. We always try to patronize these places, and let them know we’re from the park
Inside and out, the place was nice, but nothing fancy. But boy, was the food delicious.
Jan ordered the Captain’s Seafood Platter with Beer Battered Cod, Scallops, Prawns, and Clam Strips, and I had the Pork Loin Marsala with Pears.
When our salads came, Jan looked at it with some trepidation. This is not Jan’s kind of salad, as there’s not a piece of iceberg lettuce anywhere in there.
As Jan said, “These are weeds”. But after tasting it with the homemade Bleu Cheese dressing, and sprinkled with candied slivered almonds and Craisins, she had to admit, “Even the weeds here are delicious.”
Our meals were fantastic, and we’re definitely going back before we leave in 10 days.
Since we’re about 200 miles further north, we’re running into colder weather again, with mid 30’s expected here tonight.
Nice!
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Thought for the Day:
Remember, if you’re going through Hell, keep going.
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