Corps of Engineers Camps

Lepage Park Rufus, Oregon July 26 – August 5, 2024

We left Hood State Park on Friday, July 26th and drove less than two hours to LePage Park in Rufus, Oregon. Most of that drive was on I-84 running parallel to the Columbia River, so we enjoyed the view (or at least Cindy did, since it was on her side of the road) as we […]

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Hood Park in Burbank, Washington July 15 – 26 2024

Monday, July 15, 2024 we took our time packing up and tearing down so that we didn’t leave Charbonneau Park until just before the noon check-out time. Then we had a long, arduous drive of 11 miles to our next stop at Hood Park in Burbank, Washington. Hood Park is very strict about their 2

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Charbonneau Park in Burbank, Washington July 1 – 15, 2024

On Monday, July 1, 2024 we packed up and left Plymouth Campground for a short, 45 mile drive to Charbonneau Park in Burbank, Washington. Charbonneau Park is another Corps of Engineers campground on the shores of Lake Sacajawea, which was formed when the Ice Harbor Lock and Dam were built on the nearby Snake River.

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Scooby Doo and The Mystery Machine van at the Umatilla Landing Days Parade

Plymouth Park Campground in Plymouth, Washington June 17 – July 1, 2024

Like the travelers on the Oregon Trail, we said “Farewell” to Farewell Bend State Park on Tuesday, June 17, 2024 and drove about 3 hours to Plymouth Park Campground in Plymouth, Washington for a two-week stay. Plymouth Park Campground Plymouth Park Campground is a quiet Corps Of Engineers campground on the shores of the Columbia

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1,000 Days of Full Time RV’ing

Today, May 11, 2024, marks day 1,000 of Cindy and I full time RV’ing across the United States and Canada. To say it has been an experience would be an understatement. When we started we only posted our stories and photos on our Facebook Page, but since you can’t trust Facebook (or Google, or Instagram

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Eastbank Campground – Bainbridge, Georgia – October 31 – November 7, 2023

On October 31, 2023 we left R. Shaefer Heard Campground and drove about 3 hours south to Bainbridge, Georgia where we would be spending 7 nights at the Eastbank Campground. Last year around this time we stayed at the “sister” campground on the Florida side of the lake and so this year we thought we

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R. Shaefer Heard Campground – West Point, GA – October 24 – 31, 2023

We left Mt. Pisgah Campground in North Carolina on Tuesday, October 24th around 9 am for a 5-hour drive through South Carolina and Georgia to the R. Shaefer Heard Campground in West Point, Georgia on the West Point Lake. We were still seeing some Fall colors, though a bit muted at this stage. Our site

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Highland Ridge Campground – Valley Springs, Wisconsin – August 11 – 16

After our wonderful visit with Cindy’s cousins in Minnesota, we left Gull Lake Recreational Area on Friday, August 11th a few minutes after 9 am for a 3 1/2 hour drive to Highland Ridge Campground in Valley Springs, Wisconsin. We stopped at the fill station at the front of the campground to top off our

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Gull Lake Recreation Area – Brainerd, Minnesota – August 6 – 11, 2023

Sunday morning, August 6, 2023 we were up at 6 am and left Mel Riemann at 8 am for a 200 mile drive to Gull Lake Recreational Area in Brainerd, Minnesota. We arrived there at 12:30 pm and we immediately dumped, flushed and filled our fresh water tank, then proceeded to our site to set

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Mel Rieman Recreational Area – Valley City, ND – August 2 – 6, 2023

When you want a piece of pie so badly you’ll plan your whole trip around getting it. We left Buffalo Gap Guest Ranch in Medora, ND around 9am on Wednesday, August 2, 2023 for a 290 mile drive to the Mel Rieman Recreational Area in Valley City, North Dakota. It was a straight shot on

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