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03-03-2015, 03:11 PM
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Top 10 rv spots according Yahoo
https://www.yahoo.com/travel/copy-mo...548624157.html
Thought that was interesting and would agree will most of it I really enjoyed horse theif and carter lake Stunning places and great memories of many hikes there w my daughter
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03-03-2015, 04:37 PM
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The one time I went to Crater Lake it rained, it hailed and the wind blew. But I still want to go back. The Columbia River is definitely on my bucket list. Heck, a son and his family live outside The Dalles and he has my old Bigfoot truck camper. Okay, gotta go there.
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03-03-2015, 05:02 PM
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Crater Lake is the only one I have been at. For me, that beach one ranked #2 would be near the bottom of any list I made. Seems like a sand parking lot to me.
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03-03-2015, 05:21 PM
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would agree jim
cant imagine what the salt does to the trailer a
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03-03-2015, 05:25 PM
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Crater Lake is a Yes.
Columbia River gorge is a Yes.
I would add Patrick's Point State Park, CA: stunning!!!
Patrick's Point SP
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03-03-2015, 05:30 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim Bennett
Crater Lake is the only one I have been at. For me, that beach one ranked #2 would be near the bottom of any list I made. Seems like a sand parking lot to me.
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Well you do go there for the warm ocean water and not for the mountains. It's sometimes good to change it up. I've always had a blast in Pensacola, eating fresh gulf seafood, drinking a few cold ones and snorkeling/swimming.
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03-03-2015, 07:04 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by OneOleMan
....The Columbia River is definitely on my bucket list. Heck, a son and his family live outside The Dalles and he has my old Bigfoot truck camper. Okay, gotta go there.
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Looks like there's still room for you both at Maryhill in May Pat...
WA 2015, May 15-17: Maryhill in May - Fiberglass RV
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03-03-2015, 07:06 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rbryan4
Well you do go there for the warm ocean water and not for the mountains. It's sometimes good to change it up. I've always had a blast in Pensacola, eating fresh gulf seafood, drinking a few cold ones and snorkeling/swimming.
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It is not that I wouldn't want to go to Pensacola, I definitely do, it is the campsite does not appeal to me at all. I imagine there are many others in the area, where they aren't like a parking lot.
I have really enjoyed most of the State Parks in Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and Montana, as well as the Provincial Parks in British Columbia. Most of them offer the camping I enjoy.
To be honest, I have never really camped near big cities. Could be something like this is all you get.
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03-03-2015, 09:04 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim Bennett
It is not that I wouldn't want to go to Pensacola, I definitely do, it is the campsite does not appeal to me at all. I imagine there are many others in the area, where they aren't like a parking lot.
I have really enjoyed most of the State Parks in Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and Montana, as well as the Provincial Parks in British Columbia. Most of them offer the camping I enjoy.
To be honest, I have never really camped near big cities. Could be something like this is all you get.
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I prefer the hills, trees and mountains too. I guess it's because I was born and raised in the Utah Rockies. Flat ground never struck my fancy. My comments about Pensacola were for when I've visited there, definitely not in an RV. Our 19 will be the first RV I've owned.
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03-03-2015, 09:12 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim Bennett
...I have really enjoyed most of the State Parks in Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and Montana, as well as the Provincial Parks in British Columbia. Most of them offer the camping I enjoy.
To be honest, I have never really camped near big cities. Could be something like this is all you get.
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I know what you really prefer, Jim. We were introduced to this the last time we visited Alberta:
We love the song, and the country to which it refers!
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03-03-2015, 11:21 PM
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I haven't seen that before, very cute.
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03-04-2015, 08:06 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim Bennett
It is not that I wouldn't want to go to Pensacola, I definitely do, it is the campsite does not appeal to me at all. I imagine there are many others in the area, where they aren't like a parking lot.
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You'd like Ft. Pickens State Park. The campsites have trees, of a sort, scrub oak and pine, and you're within walking distance of what is arguably the prettiest beach in the U.S. Today would have been a good day for it, too-- it was in the 70s F for most of the day. The wind probably had the surf churned up a bit, though.
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03-04-2015, 09:16 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike Lewis
You'd like Ft. Pickens State Park. The campsites have trees, of a sort, scrub oak and pine, and you're within walking distance of what is arguably the prettiest beach in the U.S. Today would have been a good day for it, too-- it was in the 70s F for most of the day. The wind probably had the surf churned up a bit, though.
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I will make a note of that, thanks.
I have actually started, but less than a year ago, a list of campgrounds folks mention, and a brief note on what they had to say, for future use. Better than the reviews you see online, where most people post just to complain.
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03-05-2015, 11:54 AM
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With all due respect to the Yahoo people, I think they need to get out more. There is nothing wrong with the sites they show but I have been to hundreds of sites across Canada and from B.C to Arizona in the west that I would rate as equal at a minimum.
Mark
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03-05-2015, 03:42 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim Bennett
I will make a note of that, thanks.
I have actually started, but less than a year ago, a list of campgrounds folks mention, and a brief note on what they had to say, for future use. Better than the reviews you see online, where most people post just to complain.
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What a great idea Jim. If you don't mind, I will borrow that idea too. As newbies we don't have places that we've been to before and a listing of recommended campsites will be much appreciated when we finally get to pick our 5.0 TA up!
Lucy
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04-10-2015, 12:16 AM
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Yes! Yes! Yes! Patrick's Point is our number one location !
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