YAAA! THANK YOU FRIENDS & FAMILY FOR YOUR DILIGENCE & HARD WORK THIS ELECTION!
Day 59 – We got up at 7 a.m. & 7:30, Rob then me. 52 degrees, windy, raining. The short stretch of sunny days is behind us. We’re not going to Patrick’s Point State Park; Rob decided this morning that we’d give the small Big Lagoon Beach & County Park a try. It was $33 with the senior discount, the same as Patrick’s Point, but there were at least electricity & water for that price.
35 miles
Klamath Camper Corral, 18151 Highway 101, Klamath, CA 95548, (707) 482-5741, www.klamathcampercorral.com, Exit 769 off Highway 101. 50-acre RV park on the Klamath River, close to the 101 (but not so close that the traffic noise is a problem). Very clean & well maintained, laundry facilities, 100 full hook-up sites, 25 electric/water sites, 45 tent sites – all in a grassy, park-like area. The owners are attentive & aim to please; very nice people. We had site #97; no one was parked near us, in fact there weren’t more than 10 campers occupying sites during our entire stay. Passport America rate was $27.50 per night. Regular rates range from $40 to $55 depending on season, hook-ups, & length of vehicle. This was an excellent campground, particularly since it was an independent & those don’t usually suit us. We would stay here again during the slow season.
After washing our hair & taking long showers (because without a dump station as it will be in our next campground, you have to really watch water usage), we dumped tanks & packed up. The girls were a little nervous when they saw we’d be travelling again. It was raining & windy when we departed at 10:40 a.m., 57 degrees. We didn’t have far to go & we were glad of that because some of the wind gusts moved the RV around a bit. The rain became steadier; not good driving conditions.
We arrived at Big Lagoon Beach & County Park 45 minutes later; weather conditions had not changed. The dirt road taking us in to the camping area was muddy with puddles & some potholes. There were two sites with water & electric hook-ups (which cost $10 more than the sites without any hook-ups). We chose site #21, one of those with hook-ups. At that time no one else was camping in this campground. The site had trees & bushes on one side & in front; the other side was next to the other site with hook-ups. Beyond that was a short walk to Big Lagoon. The rest of the campsites were located in a loop away from these two sites.
We hooked up, unpacked, had lunch, and settled in. It rained and was very windy for the rest of the day & into the evening. We heard on the weather radio that there was a High Surf Warning with dangerous riptides & large waves. The Ocean was just the other side of the Lagoon; we could hear the waves crashing. Tomorrow we’ll take a look.