Big Lagoon County Park

Day 64 – Beginning of Week 10. The electricity came back on in the RV in the middle of the night. Heated pads for the girls, too. But this morning when we looked at the temperature inside the house at home, it was down to 46 degrees. The furnace was out again. We got up at 7:30; 54 degrees and heavy rain.

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Day 63 – We woke up this morning at 7:30 a.m., 60 degrees & cloudy. No power (electricity) again in the RV. Rob wrote a note & hung it up by the campground fee station like he did last time. Rob did the daily check via the internet of our house – any break-ins, trees down, everything working properly – turned out the furnace wasn’t working & the thermostat was showing the temperature to be too low inside. The furnace had stopped working during the night. (At home, lately it’s been below freezing at night & we need to monitor the temperature inside to make sure the pipes don’t freeze.) We have a service contract with a company & we can lock & unlock the front door remotely, so we called them to see if we could get someone out on a Sunday. A repairman was sent out & we waited until he was closer to the house before unlocking the door so he could get in.

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One month ago, we were camping near the Rogue River in OR. It was raining, what a surprise; things haven’t changed much in that respect. Now we’re camped in a beautiful redwood forest right by the Van Duzen River in CA. We travelled only 214 miles in the RV this month, lots more miles in the car. We stayed at only six different campgrounds. We’ve really enjoyed slowing down our pace, camping for longer periods of time at one spot & thoroughly visiting everything in each area that interested us. We’ve seen so much beautiful scenery along the southern coast & rivers in Oregon, and the coast, rivers, & redwoods of northern California. Just amazing. We’d like to return to visit the entire State of Oregon, & even though we’re not that far into California, we will have a hard time leaving the unbelievable redwood forests as we travel south next month.

OH GIVE ME A HOME…….BUFFALO, YESSS!

Day 62 – The third month of this trip began with a day of birdwatching, a majestic bull elk, and a field of buffalo. We’re off to a good start!

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Day 61 – We were up at 7:30 a.m.; 58 degrees, cloudy. The forecast had changed again, rain later in the day rather than all day; we can do some more sight-seeing. The power went out in the RV; the sign at the campground host site said they were closed, so we called the phone number for Humboldt County Parks & Recreation. It said they were closed due to the Veteran’s Day Holiday. Oh, it’s Veteran’s Day? We never know what day it is. Oh well. We left a note at the fee station, not knowing if anyone would see it, & left for a drive inland.

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AWESOME OCEAN.

Day 60 – Rob got up at 7 a.m.; I got up at 8:15. Our first night here went fine. A small camper on a pick-up truck came in during the night & quietly camped by the Lagoon. Except for us, no one else was here. Yesterday afternoon we almost had an RV larger than ours, towing a car, park next to us, but evidently they couldn’t fit in because after several attempts, they left. Oh darn. We paid for another day & seeing that the weather forecast had changed & rather than all-day rain, it wouldn’t be starting up again until the afternoon, we figured we’d see if Trinidad had really changed much & left to do some sight-seeing.

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