We are back in Roseburg & it was a little whirlwind coming home.
After Lake Topaz we stopped in Verdi, NV. We were going to stay only a couple of days, but thanks to the "Weather Bug" App, we saw it was going to snow & snow it did. One day hail, two days snow. One morning we woke up to 1 inch on the ground. We ended up in Verdi for a week before WB told us it was clear to go.
Next stop was in Likely, CA. It is a very small town south of Alturas. We stayed at a wonderful campground off the beaten path, but huge with a golf course & lots of sites. It doesn't open until May 1, but they did have 10 sites open. It turned out to be a Passport America campground so it was only $16. Score!
Next, Merrill, OR. We actually stayed at the Stateline RV Park for two nights which was in CA. If you went across the road you were in Oregon. Ate at Pappy Ganders twice. It is sort of a tradition with us. Met up with a friend from Clearlake who owns property in Merrill and had BBQ & went over old times & new gossip.
From Merrill, we ended up in Gold Hill for two nights at the Cypress Grove RV Park. Highly recommend it. It is just off Exit 45A on Hwy 5. If you are a Good Sam member it was $25 a night.
Now we are in Douglas County, actually, Winston, OR at the Safari RV Park. I never in all the 13 years we lived here knew about this park. It is wonderful & evidently a lot of people know this because we got the last spot. We were going to stay only a week, but looking at our calendar Rod made the brilliant decision to stay the month & the price is very reasonable so we are. Yeah!
We have a beautiful spot under the trees & the weather so far has been warm.
Already met up with friends in the area & went by our old house today. The new owner has made a lot of changes some good, some we question, but it is their house.
Love being back! It is the start of another adventure!
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Walker River RV Park and Lake Topaz
Walker River RV Park is so beautiful, 600 acres located on the...wait for it...Walker River (duh). The only thing is that unless you have AT& T you will be in technology he--ll. No phone unless there is an emergency, no WiFi, no TV...AHHHHHHHHHHH.
OK I lived through it & it was OK. We watched a lot of movies & now Rod is a "Bordertown" fan. I watched it back a long time ago late at night & found a DVD with 10 - 12 episodes. They now have all 78 episodes on DVD at amazon.com so I am going to get it for our next foray (like that big word?) into no technology.
The series was set in the 1880's on the border of the US & Canada, therefore the name "Bordertown" which was run by a Mountie & US Marshall with a lady doctor they both were in love with. Anyway, it is a real good series.
We did some exploring for 2 days in Yerington, NV which we both absolutely fell in love with. It is the county seat for Lyons County in Nevada. about 74 miles from Carson City, 30 miles or so from Gardnerville & Minden, Nevada which we also explored Saturday & fell in love with.
We moved to Lake Topaz, Nevada for 6 days. A real nice RV campground & we have a great view of the lake. Very windy today so we had to pull in the slide out so the wind wouldn't rip the cover over the slide out. We had it put on when we bought it so nothing could accumulate on the flat roof.
We are planning for a few nights Verdi, NV & then take a week to creep back to home. Well Roseburg we still call home.
Kilo went for a walk as soon as we got to Topaz Lake & started pawing around a bush. Rod thought it was a rat he was trying to get, but it turned out to be a tennis ball. Go figure. That dog can find a tennis ball no matter where it is & who leaves it. He really would have been a great drug dog.
He is old & his legs are hurting so we give him an aspirin when they do, but when he is in the water, Rod says he turns into Johnny Weismuller. He loves swimming in the river or ponds or lakes.
Woke up to snow. We knew it was going to snow because of the Weather Bug App we have on our phones & computer. Right now we are following the weather reports & when we read snow we decided to stay put for awhile.
We looked at homes in Yerington a couple of days, & found a couple we really liked, but they were manufactured & not on foundations which the bank does not finance. There was one we would have bought yesterday, but it was not meant to be. That's OK, we are still loving the nomadic life.
OK I lived through it & it was OK. We watched a lot of movies & now Rod is a "Bordertown" fan. I watched it back a long time ago late at night & found a DVD with 10 - 12 episodes. They now have all 78 episodes on DVD at amazon.com so I am going to get it for our next foray (like that big word?) into no technology.
The series was set in the 1880's on the border of the US & Canada, therefore the name "Bordertown" which was run by a Mountie & US Marshall with a lady doctor they both were in love with. Anyway, it is a real good series.
We did some exploring for 2 days in Yerington, NV which we both absolutely fell in love with. It is the county seat for Lyons County in Nevada. about 74 miles from Carson City, 30 miles or so from Gardnerville & Minden, Nevada which we also explored Saturday & fell in love with.
We moved to Lake Topaz, Nevada for 6 days. A real nice RV campground & we have a great view of the lake. Very windy today so we had to pull in the slide out so the wind wouldn't rip the cover over the slide out. We had it put on when we bought it so nothing could accumulate on the flat roof.
We are planning for a few nights Verdi, NV & then take a week to creep back to home. Well Roseburg we still call home.
Kilo went for a walk as soon as we got to Topaz Lake & started pawing around a bush. Rod thought it was a rat he was trying to get, but it turned out to be a tennis ball. Go figure. That dog can find a tennis ball no matter where it is & who leaves it. He really would have been a great drug dog.
He is old & his legs are hurting so we give him an aspirin when they do, but when he is in the water, Rod says he turns into Johnny Weismuller. He loves swimming in the river or ponds or lakes.
Woke up to snow. We knew it was going to snow because of the Weather Bug App we have on our phones & computer. Right now we are following the weather reports & when we read snow we decided to stay put for awhile.
We looked at homes in Yerington a couple of days, & found a couple we really liked, but they were manufactured & not on foundations which the bank does not finance. There was one we would have bought yesterday, but it was not meant to be. That's OK, we are still loving the nomadic life.
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