Once we left Canyonville, we were in for an adventure! =) We left the Roseburg area around 12:00 and left to go to Diamond Lake. Well, when we got there, we were quite disappointed. The number of bugs there was overwhelming! There were just clouds of gnats. I have never seen anything like it before. The camping sites were cramped and difficult to get into. The one campground that looked okay didn't have any water hookups and we hadn't filled up with water before leaving. So, we went and stopped somewhere for dinner. While there, Jeff was able to fill up with water. However, the gnats were so thick that at one point Kallie's leg was black because it was covered in gnats! Then, we checked out the lake and it was disgusting because of the algae and junk in it. Therefore, we determined that this was not the place for us. So, we set off to search for somewhere else to stay. Well, if any of you have ever tried to find somewhere to stay on a Friday night without reservations, you know this was not an easy task. So, we drove for awhile and found a place called "Williamson River". Well, this place was okay, not great, but okay. For some unknown reason though, we decided not to stay here and keep traveling. By this time it was about 8:00 at night. We kept driving and found the most luxurious, best camping spot ever.....the Wal-Mart parking lot in Klamath Falls! Here is a picture - I couldn't believe it! =) Then, here is a picture of the front of our truck after driving through all of those gnats - disgusting!
The next morning, we woke up and set out at about 10:00. Our plan was to go stay at the Klamath Falls KOA. Well, when we got there, we didn't feel like it was "speaking" to us, so we decided to go on and see if there was possibly anything available around Lake of the Woods. For some reason though, we didn't get out of Klamath Falls until around 3:00. We just kept driving around in circles! It was weird and frustrating! I didn't like the town too much after that! =) Anyway, we drove up to Lake of the Woods. It was gorgeous! I couldn't believe how beautiful it was up there. Unfortunately, everyone else had already discovered how beautiful it was. The campgrounds everywere around there were full. We just kept driving and checking and driving and checking, but to no avail. We got ourselves into a terrible spot at one point! We were checking out a campground that was down by a lake. We should have taken some sort of clue when the tent campers we were passing were staring at us with open mouths. Well, I started praying when I saw the tight squeeze we were going to have to make just to get down the hill. Next, the really hard part came - getting back up. It was a very tight turn and very steep! A 19 foot trailer would have been lucky to get out of this area and our trailer is 27 feet! I just kept praying and Jeff did get us out of there! When we left the tenters were all clapping there hands in amazement that we got out of there without a scratch. We're thinking it might have been nice if they had warned us first! =) Then, we drove down to the Howard's Prairie area, this place was pretty awesome also - but also full! We just kept driving and driving and driving. We finally ended up in Ashland at a hotel that had some hookups available in the back. We were amazed at our craziness! We stuck our noses up at okay places to end up in a Wal-Mart parking lot and the back end of a hotel!!! But, I have to say it was memorable!
The next morning, we woke up and set out at about 10:00. Our plan was to go stay at the Klamath Falls KOA. Well, when we got there, we didn't feel like it was "speaking" to us, so we decided to go on and see if there was possibly anything available around Lake of the Woods. For some reason though, we didn't get out of Klamath Falls until around 3:00. We just kept driving around in circles! It was weird and frustrating! I didn't like the town too much after that! =) Anyway, we drove up to Lake of the Woods. It was gorgeous! I couldn't believe how beautiful it was up there. Unfortunately, everyone else had already discovered how beautiful it was. The campgrounds everywere around there were full. We just kept driving and checking and driving and checking, but to no avail. We got ourselves into a terrible spot at one point! We were checking out a campground that was down by a lake. We should have taken some sort of clue when the tent campers we were passing were staring at us with open mouths. Well, I started praying when I saw the tight squeeze we were going to have to make just to get down the hill. Next, the really hard part came - getting back up. It was a very tight turn and very steep! A 19 foot trailer would have been lucky to get out of this area and our trailer is 27 feet! I just kept praying and Jeff did get us out of there! When we left the tenters were all clapping there hands in amazement that we got out of there without a scratch. We're thinking it might have been nice if they had warned us first! =) Then, we drove down to the Howard's Prairie area, this place was pretty awesome also - but also full! We just kept driving and driving and driving. We finally ended up in Ashland at a hotel that had some hookups available in the back. We were amazed at our craziness! We stuck our noses up at okay places to end up in a Wal-Mart parking lot and the back end of a hotel!!! But, I have to say it was memorable!
4 comments:
How funny about the parking lot comment! I have held my breath before when we had to get ourselves out of a campsite or curvy road! Not fun!
:) Seems like a very memorable trip for you all! The bugs...gross! Enjoy Ashland!
Sounds like Crazy was an understatement!!!
Hope you are having fun!
Let me guess...Jeff was driving. I've had a similar experience with Ken...pulling into a campsite at 9pm at night because he didn't stop at other ones we had passed. It adds to the excitement!!!
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