Christmas In Las Vegas

For Christmas we went to Las Vegas to meet Don's brother Ernie. We stayed at Sam's Town RV Park for several days. We then went to Laughlin Nv, Lake Havasau Az, and Quartzite Az.

London Bridge at Lake Havasau Arizona

We spent a night in Palm Springs California and then New Years Eve at Perris California where we enjoyed the National RV Factory tour. Nice free camping in the lot with hookups. We drove through Pasadena in the afternoon on our way home. We stopped in Buelton California at the Avenue of the Flags RV Park. Excellent park. We visited Solvang and then headed toward home stopping in King City at San Lorenzo County Park for the night on the way.

Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park

We went to Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park in October. The weather reports forecast a lot of rain. Fortunately, we went anyway and had four beautiful days and some rain at night. The threat of rain kept most people home and the park was almost empty. Our cat, Mr. Milo, really likes camping.

Our Capsite by the river.


Pfeiffer Beach was beautiful at sunset.

Oregon, Along the Coast

We then went on a two week trip up the coast into Oregon. We stayed a couple of days at most camps. We stayed at Prairie Creek on a meadow site. Size wasn't a problem on the meadow, too bad they can't reserve a site there.

Our campsite on the Parrie at Parrie Creek

We then went to the Honey Bear RV Park near Gold Beach Oregon. We'll definitely return here. They have a deli where they make their own German sausages and serve a great dinner with a show at their lodge. We really enjoyed it.

Honey Bear Campsite

We stopped at several places along the coast making our way up to Tillamook and toured the cheese factory, we love cheese factories. The air museum was very good as well. We then went to Portland. Our daughter, Dawn, loves to visit Powell's Bookstore. We stayed at Jentzen RV park on an island north of Portland.

Williamette Trolly, Portland

We then went to Silver Falls State Park East of Salem. This park is a favorite as well. I like waterfalls. There are twelve water falls which can all be seen on an eight mile loop trail hike. Many can be driven to as well. The pictures don't do the falls justice.

One of the Silver Falls


Anoither Fall at Silver Falls

Co-Pilot Training, Mr Milo The Cat

Our cat Mr Milo learned how to co-pilot very quickly.

Driver Training, Santa Rosa

We went to Santa Rosa for a weekend and we both took a two day driver training course. We stayed at the KOA in Petaluma and were quite impressed with the park. Our instructor Rick Andrews (shown below with Lou), of RV Driving SCHOOL, LLC. provided great tips and pointers to make handling the RV simpler. The driving course really gave Lou the confidence to drive and park the RV.

The First Trip With The Toad, Mill Creek State Park

Our first trip with the combination was to Mill Creek Campground just south of Crescent City, California. This is near our favorite park, Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, part of the new Redwood National and State Parks. We couldn't reserve a site at Prairie Creek due to the length of our RV, only 29 feet. They have a 24 foot limit. We really like this area. Great trails. I'll upload some more pictures soon.


Mill Creek Camground

Redwood Country, Benbow RV Resort

Our second trip was to a full featured RV Park, Benbow Resort, about 150 miles north of San Francisco. The area around this resort is great with the Ell River and the redwoods. We had a great site.