North Coast Trip (Late May & June 2013)

We plan to go to Manzanita Lake, Lassen National Park, over to the coast of Oregon and Washington, then to eastern Washington and Oregon before returning to California. We will be staying at a number of state parks with our longest stay being near Olympic Nat'l Park. We will end up at the Northwood RV Owners Assn. Rally in La Grande, OR June 18-23rd before departing for home.

We have explored the coast several times before but there is always something new to see and do. there are some spots that we like so much that we visit them again when we can.

We plan to enjoy it all!


Change of Plans

Monday May 27th


So much for our plans; we changed them shortly before we departed on our trip. The weather at Lassen National Park was not looking good to say the least. High temperatures in the very low 50’s and some nights below freezing with rain predicted for most of the time we planned to be there. Instead we chose a campground we had enjoyed many years ago when it was just the two of us and later with our girls. We are at a Fowlers Campground (USFS) which is 15 miles east of I-5 and about a mile south of Hwy 89. We are about 5 miles east of the town of McCloud and we are on the McCloud River.


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The campground is nothing like it was years ago which was a small (10-15) sites, most of the trees before you get to the campground had been logged off, and it was a little dusty. Now there are 39 sites that are no longer dirt with pavement under the picnic tables, and around the fire rings. Everywhere else is natural pine needles, mature trees, and bushes now. The paths to the three waterfalls are all paved with overlooks along the way and at the lower falls that we walked to tonight. There are three falls; upper, middle, and lower with the middle falls over 50’ high into a nice pool if I remember it correctly. We will see tomorrow and I don’t remember much about the upper falls.

There were several people fishing the river and below the lower falls. The river is well stocked with rainbow trout so this place is popular.













The weather is much better than expected with only an occasional light shower and some mist or drizzle. Nothing to keep us inside. Temperature is in the mid 50s and it is supposed to be near 70 and partly cloudy tomorrow. As with all forecasts....we will see.