SLOWING DOWN THE PACE.
Day 19 – We slept well again last night, and truly hate to leave here. Curious what our next stop will be like. We got up at (Rob) 7 a.m. & (Vicki) 7:30. The girls were rambunctious again this morning. 45 degrees & cloudy – looks like rain. We slow down the travel pace finally & hopefully keep it that way. More people left the RV Park this morning; they’ll be closing for the season October 1. We’re very glad they were still open when we came through!
122 miles
Rob put the Oregon sticker on the Travel Map; we’re filling in the west now. We only need to travel about 120 miles today so we’re not in a big rush this morning. We packed up & began moving the cats to their bedroom travelling place; Pixie thought if she hid under a towel, we wouldn’t be able to find her & then we couldn’t leave. They liked it here, too.
Added Oregon
I’m safe under this towel! Pixie.
Diamond Lake RV Park, 3500 Diamond Lake Loop, Diamond Lake, OR 97731, (541) 793-3318, http://diamondlakervpark.com/. Wonderful campground by Diamond Lake less than ½ hour from Crater Lake. Beautiful country, huge trees, situated on a hill overlooking the Lake. 110 campsites, can handle large vehicles. Full hook-ups; we had site #A10, no one on either side of us, large site, quiet. The customer service was great & the owners & people working there were incredibly nice & helpful. We intend to come back to this area off-season again, and we’d definitely stay here!
We drove around the Lake our first day here & visited two National Forest Service (NFS) campgrounds in case Diamond Lake RV Park was booked or not available when we returned some day. Brief reviews follow along with the review for the two National Park campgrounds at Crater Lake National Park. Just for our information…..
Diamond Lake NFS Campground: This campground is large with several loops & it extends quite some distance along the Lake. Site #B10 had lots of shade & was fairly private. There are water sites, too, but they were more open and closer together. We only visited part of the campground as the south end was closed. Sites closer to the road might be a bit noisy.
Thielsen View NFS Campground: This campground is much smaller than Diamond Lake & is on the opposite side of the Lake from all the other campgrounds. The sites were farther apart & those on the Lake were not as close together. We looked at two loops (B & C); the other two were closed. Best sites were B8, B15, C5, C13, & C16 thru C19, with C13 being our 1st choice.
Lost Creek Campground, Crater Lake: Nice location but tents only.
Mazama Village Campground, Crater Lake: Large campground with many loops containing RV sites & tent sites. Most are too small except for plenty of pull-through sites that loop away from the road & back again, not offering privacy. In fact, very few sites were private. Although there was a place to get gas, a store, a lodge with a restaurant, etc., this campground is not recommended for us.
We departed Diamond Lake at 10 a.m.; it was 49 degrees with fog & rain. The drive was quite scenic through heavily tree’d and mountainous terrain on winding roads, part of the Rogue-Umpqua Oregon Scenic By-way. For most of the trip we had rivers, creeks, or streams running alongside the road. We didn’t get a lot of pictures because of the rain & fog, but of note – other than the incredible scenery, were the beginning of fall colors & the areas which had recently been burnt in wildfires. We passed through very few towns; they all were quite small except for Roseburg, situated at I-5. Once we were west of I-5, there were very few vehicles on the road & almost no towns at all. We were headed towards a town called Remote. Seriously, and they weren’t kidding.
We arrived at Remote Outpost Cabins & RV Park at 12:30 p.m. It was 61 degrees, cloudy with rain. Although the campground was located right by Route 42W, very little traffic goes by so the noise wasn’t problematic. There were only 24 campsites. We could pick our own & chose site #1. The campground has a lovely creek running behind it. Lots of great trees. Distance between most sites. Ours was large, full hook-ups, extremely quiet. You could spend weeks here. We settled in, had lunch, and kicked back with the kitties, listening to the rain. Very nice.
