We arrived at Fort Stevens

Hi there everyone,

Well, we have arrived at Fort Stevens in Warrenton Oregon. We are just south of the mouth of the Columbia river, on the northern most tip of the State of Oregon. Our home for the next four nights will be at the Fort Stevens State Park. Our first sample of Oregon state parks was last summer on our way home from Bend when we attended the RV Rally there. We had to stop at an Oregon state park on the way home because there was a dump station there. We were impressed, 'cause as a general rule, California State parks do not have dump stations that we have found. This Oregon Camp ground has not only a dump station but over 170 full hookup sites, which includes Electric, Water and Sewer. We don't have CATV or Wifi there, but with the other hookups, we don't have to resort to spit showers to conserve resources quite so much. Even with full hookups, we do take Navy style showers, Wet down, turn off, soap up and shampoo then turn on and rinse off. But atleast with full hookups, if we need to put a little extra into cleaning the nooks and cranies, then we can do that without any problem.

The campsites are nice and large and level. We're already wishing we were going to have more time to spend here, but that's ok, we'll make the best of what we can, while we are here. During our stay here, we are going to check out Tillamook, sample some cheese, and then also check out the 'Fort Stevens' and Astoria area while we are here.

Unfortunately, we haven't had a chance to do as much geocaching was I would have liked, but that is ok. We may be able to so some if we get a chance while we are here.

Today was 'Exciting' day for us. They were doing some construction at the Blue Sky RV park today and they had some sort of accident that caused a fire. One of the RV's in the park caught fire and it was getting ugly real quick. So, we quickly hooked up and got out of there. The only thing we lost was the sewer hose and the end cap for the bumper. Not to worry, we stopped at Camping world on the way out to replace those. Shortly out of the campground however, we took a rock to the windshield. So, now I have to go in Wednesday and get that repaired at a local glass shop. Then, when we got to the Campground, the Front lift jacks on the trailer stopped working. I found a loose power cable and re-attached it so now those are working again.

All in all, we are doing great. We are having a wonderful time. I'm updating you from the local starbucks, so hopefully, I'll update you again soon.

Take care and happy camping! - Eric -