Bear River Reservoir - Surprise get away

Eric had this bright idea to get away from it all, with Carol on a ‘Mystery trip’. Well, if you read this blog with any frequency, you’ll know that Eric tried this trick a year ago to take Carol to see the poppies and it didn’t work out so well. L So, I am hoping for better results on this trip. This time, I thought we’d head up to Bear River Reservoir to hook up with parents of Kimmy Temples, a friend of Katie’s; Mike and Susan Dorris. On the way, we stopped in Jackson at one of our favorite Mexican food places, El Torero in Jackson. The food and service was wonderful as always!  Once we got into the campground, we found they were full, but we had a reservation. We found our site to be nice and big, but at a pretty good slope. We would have needed to jack up the back end of the motorhome a good 2 feet or more, to get the rig level. That’s ok, we’ll make the most of it. One thing we need to do in the future however, is let a lot of air out of the Select comfort mattress when taking on the foot hills, one of these days, we’re going to have a major blow out if we aren’t careful. In the picture below, the angle of the motorhome is a true angle, it is not because I held the camera at an angle.

Here at the ‘Resort’ they have a great little store, that is open until 9:00 PM, where you can get a large number of provisions that you might need. They have a restaurant and Bar as well. The windows from the restaurant and the bar, look out onto the lake, presenting a view that can’t be beat. The staff is very friendly and helpful. And contrary to what some websites might say, they do have WIFI here. It is provided by my former employer, Volcano Communications. This is a vast ‘campground’ that is at about 6,000 feet with well over 100 sites. As such, all of the amenities, (Power and water) are provided by the resort, not by some general utility. Because of this, there is only 15 amps at each site. Plenty to run the TV, VCR, blender and Microwave, but not enough to run the Air conditioner or washer/drier. Also, being in a forest area, setting up a septic system here isn’t practical, but there is dump station for when one is ready to depart. This is a mountainous area, so some of the sites aren’t terribly level. So, coming here with a 5^th wheel or travel trailer, one can level their rig in almost any site with a  little effort. However, being here in a Class A motorhome, leveling, may be impossible depending on the site you are assigned. If you are in a class ‘A’, you may want to see if there are other open sites available and scout those out for the most level one, before parking your rig. Because of the altitude, the ground freezes in the winter time. This is very hard on pavement and as such the sites aren’t paved. The sites are dirt. The dirt is very fine, so we had to work hard to try to keep the dirt out of the Motorhome!

It turns out that Friday night, Susan had to baby sit. So we were not able to see them on Friday night. On Friday night, Carol and I enjoyed a nice bar-b-que’d bean burger and grillers potato wedges. Yummy. Something wonderful about being up here is it is so quiet! After dinner, we took the dogs for a walk. After that, Carol and I went to the store to get some yummy soft serve ice cream. Everyone staying here seems to be real respectful and tries to keep the noise down. There is a lot of fishing here and a place to put your boat in the water if you’d like too.

Saturday morning, Carol made us some yummy blue berry pancakes! After we had a chance to enjoy them, we got our showers out of the way and then went for a drive around Bear reservoir. This is a beautiful area of various pine trees and decomposed granite. There are also some summer homes up here, that have electricity and telephone service, believe it or not! After we got done exploring the rim of the reservoir, we headed back to camp. We found Mike and Susans spot and hooked up with them for a chat. After an hour or so, we returned to camp to do some reading and prepare for dinner. We joined Mike and Susan for dinner and introduced them to Whomp-ums. J

We got out of camp fairly early on Sunday morning, around 10:30 AM. Despite the angle the RV was parked at we didn't have any problems closing up the slides or getting out of the campground. We are going to have to get the Rig weighed though. We found we over-heated the motorhome on the way up the hill to camp. We also smoked the breaks coming down the mountain. So, we are going to have to take a different approach to circumnavigate the hills.

Because of the fine dirt, the dogs needed a bath when we got home on Sunday! That’s ok, at least it has been warm out lately! J

Next month, instead of taking a trip, we're going to buy our selves a new TV set, so check back, not for another road trip, but for more enhancements to the RV!

Happy camping! Eric and Carol