Y Knot Winery RV Park

We stayed at Y Knot Winery RV Park in Glenns Ferry, Idaho. (Campground Reviews listing.)

A brand-new RV park, still installing landscaping, plus a winery and restaurant.

Dates:

Check in: 2023-07-11
Check out: 2023-07-13
2 nights

Weather:

Sunny
High temps ranging between 94-99°F, lows around 58-63°F
Some evening wind, 23 MPH gusts

Noise:

No road noise
Train horn noise (didn’t hear it overnight, fortunately)
No neighbor noise (no neighbors!)
A little construction noise

Site:

#24, pull-through, gravel
Didn’t need to disconnect toad; left it connected
Fairly level
Gravel about 60 feet long by about 12 feet wide
Grass between sites about 15 feet wide
Young trees
No picnic table etc yet

Utilities:

50 amp power, somewhat conveniently located
80 PSI water, somewhat conveniently located
Good sewer connection, very inconveniently located (4 10-foot pipes needed; could have managed with 2 if parked the truck in front of the coach)

Internet (in usage priority order):

T-Mobile: 17-22 Mbps down, 26-32 Mbps up, 52-115 ms ping
Verizon: 11-27 Mbps down, 16 Mbps up, 70 ms ping
AT&T: 120 Mbps down, 8-20 Mbps up, 70 ms ping
Starlink: not used
Campground Wi-Fi: none

Amenities:

Winery and restaurant

Our review on Campground Reviews:

So new, still under construction

We stayed here for two nights on our way through Idaho on I-84. We were in the new section, which was being landscaped as we arrived. We were originally in site 31, but they hadn’t finished landscaping it yet, and I could tell from a distance that it was going to be far too short and sloped for us. Since we had the place to ourselves, we pulled into site 24 and called the lovely ladies at the winery to explain the situation. They were more than happy to swap our site and also noticed that I had (like another reviewer) accidentally selected 3 nights, instead of 2, through the online booking site, so she gave me a refund for the extra night. This place is going to be really nice when they finish the landscaping, and I look forward to coming through in the future. The restaurant at the winery was also very nice and worth a visit. We camped at Y Knot Winery RV Park in a Motorhome.

The campground map; we had booked site #31, but ended up in site #24 (read on for why):

Map

This was site 31, occupied by sod pallets:

Site 31

I asked them to move them, but we then realized that the site was very unlevel (several inches front to back, and some side-to-side), plus they were still working on it. So we decided to take one of the sites that already had sod, and was much more level:

Our site

Our site:

Our site

The sewer hookup was super inconvenient; good thing I have 40 feet of hoses:

Our site

Sometimes I think we could offer an RV park design consulting service, to help people avoid mistakes like this.

Sod cleanup:

Sod cleanup

Other sites; there were only two other RVs in the park:

Other sites

A truck with a load of trees:

Truck with trees

They took a corner a bit too sharp, and broke the sewer cap (another reason that’s a stupid place for it, though to be fair RVs wouldn’t normally be going that way around the corner):

Broken sewer cap

Unloading the trees:

Truck of trees

Distributing trees

This RV park is across the road (and part of) the Y Knot Winery; we went there for dinner:

Y Knot Winery

The finest wines of Idaho (video clip):

Wine

Bread:

Bread

Charcuterie board:

Charcuterie board

My steak and baked spud:

Steak and baked spud

Jenn’s dessert:

Dessert

Vines:

Vines

The old campground; we wouldn’t fit in most of those sites:

Old campground

The new campground:

New campground

Grande Hot Springs Resort

We stayed at Grande Hot Springs Resort in La Grande, Oregon. (Campground Reviews listing.)

Our second visit to this resort; our first visit was in a rented trailer on the way to Yellowstone. This time we were also on our way to Yellowstone, via the Tetons, but in our motorhome.

Dates:

Check in: 2023-07-09
Check out: 2023-07-11
2 nights

Weather:

Sunny, thunderstorm
High temps ranging between 84-92°F, lows around 51-59°F
Some evening wind, 20 MPH gusts

Noise:

No road noise
Rumbling train noise (no horns)
No neighbor noise

Site:

#31, pull-through, gravel
Didn’t need to disconnect toad; left it connected
Fairly level
Gravel about 90 feet long by about 11 feet wide
Grass between sites about 20 feet wide
Tiny picnic table on grass

Utilities:

50 amp power, conveniently located
50 PSI water, conveniently located
Good sewer connection, conveniently located (1 10-foot pipe needed)

Internet (in usage priority order):

T-Mobile: 15 Mbps down, 8 Mbps up, 45 ms ping
Verizon: 13-27 Mbps down, 9-13 Mbps up, 36 ms ping
AT&T: 5 Mbps down, 0.5 Mbps up, 140 ms ping
Starlink: not used
Campground Wi-Fi: not used

Amenities:

Garbage dumpsters
Thermal pools

Our review on Campground Reviews:

Convenient spot to stop in Eastern Oregon

This was our second stay here, and it was just as nice as the first time. However, I didn’t remember feeling the earth move whenever one of the huge freight trains went by, which we definitely felt this time. If you’re a light sleeper, just be aware they go by all night. Our site was a decent-sized pull-through with the most ridiculously tiny picnic table I’ve ever seen. The hot springs soaking pools were nice after a long day of driving, but the mosquitoes put a damper on the experience. As did the loud, obnoxious group of partiers in one of the pools. Having said all that, though, we did enjoy our stay here as it’s a nice, convenient stop along I-84, and the grounds are very nice, with a small stream running through it. We camped at Grande Hot Springs Resort in a Motorhome.

The campground map:

Map

Interactive map:

Our site:

Our site

Tiny picnic table:

Tiny picnic table

Utilities:

Utilities

Our site:

Our site

We went for a dip in the big pool on our first evening, during the adults-only time after dark (which was not as pleasant as it could be, due to several very loud people, and mosquitos):

Pool area

Pools:

Pools

The entrance sign:

Entrance

Fountain in center of driveway:

Fountain in center of driveway

Office:

Office

Bridge over hot canal:

Bridge over hot canal

Canal

Tent sites beyond canal:

Tent sites beyond canal

Open area:

Open area

Feral cat (notice the ear tip); probably staff:

Feral cat

Fire pit:

Fire pit

Group tent area:

Group tent area

Cabin:

Cabin

Yurts:

Yurts

Garbage and recycling:

Garbage and recycling

Other sites; the park was mostly empty:

Other sites

Neighboring hot lake:

Neighboring hot lake

Sunset:

Sunset

Mt Hood Village RV & Camping Resort, again

We stayed at Mt Hood RV & Camping Resort in Welches, Oregon. (Campground Reviews listing.)

Our second visit to this nice Thousand Trails Encore park; we stayed here last year in late July.

Dates:

Check in: 2023-06-30
Check out: 2023-07-09
9 nights

Weather:

Sunny
High temps ranging between 74-90°F, lows around 50-61°F
No significant wind

Noise:

No road noise
No train noise
Negligible neighbor noise

Site:

Hemlock Meadows #97, back in, gravel
Needed to disconnect toad; parked beside coach (on gravel)
Unlevel; used blocks on the front jacks
Fairly large site: gravel about 50 feet long by about 22 feet wide, plus about 20 feet wide weedy bark area
Picnic table and fire pit on gravel

Utilities:

50 amp power, conveniently located
55 PSI water, conveniently located
Good sewer connection, a little inconveniently located (2 10-foot pipes needed)

Internet (in usage priority order):

Starlink: 22-83 Mbps down, 5-11 Mbps up, 35-110 ms ping
T-Mobile: 11 Mbps down, 0.5 Mbps up, 70 ms ping
Verizon: 10-13 Mbps down, 5-8 Mbps up, 150 ms ping
AT&T: 6-8 Mbps down, 6 Mbps up, 90 ms ping
Campground Wi-Fi: none

Amenities:

Garbage dumpsters
Closed indoor pool
Onsite restaurant

Our review on Campground Reviews:

Excellent campground near Mt Hood

This was our second stay here, and still really love it. We were originally assigned a site in the Vine Maple Loop that would have been too small for us, so we asked if there were any open sites in the Hemlock Meadows section, which is a more open area with bigger sites. The helpful staff member at the front gate gave us a couple of choices and told us to let her know which one we picked. Seeing as it was the weekend of the 4th of July, we were so relieved that there was availability. We picked site 97, which was on a corner and gave us a large living area backing onto trees, with a good view of the sky for the Starlink. On a side note: We had dinner at the Dragonfly Cafe, which has really good food, but they seemed to be having some massive staffing issues. It took nearly 2 hours from ordering to checkout, and I’m pretty sure the one and only waitress walked off the job while we were eating as the one and only cook had to act as cashier. We never went back, fearing a repeat, which is a shame because I’d been dreaming of their eggs benedict for the past year. We camped at Mt Hood Village RV Resort in a Motorhome.

The campground map:

Map

Interactive map:

Our site was nice and spacious, and we made use of our new flagpole for the Starlink dish (and you may notice something different about our truck; more on that on Monday):

Our site

Steak and potato salad, watching a Mariners baseball game on the outside TV from the tent:

Steam, potato salad, watching TV

Our site

Unlike normal Thousand Trails parks, Encore ones assign sites. We had originally been assigned a different site, but asked when checking in if they had other options, since we thought this wouldn’t fit us; they agreed it wouldn’t be a good fit.

Looking at it later (the left one in the following picture), we were definitely right to change; it was narrow and very sloped:

Original site

The main plaza area, with the (closed) indoor pool, rec center, offices, and cafe:

Plaza

We enjoy when there’s an onsite restaurant; this campground has the Dragonfly Cafe:

Dragonfly Cafe

Dragonfly Cafe menu

We went there for dinner on our first evening (always nice not having to cook on a travel day). Which was a rather drama-filled experience; we waited over an hour for our food, then the server walked out partway through, and the cook had to come out and accept payment from us and others. It was tasty, though; burger for me:

Dragonfly Cafe food

Prime rib for Jenn:

Dragonfly Cafe food

Laundry:

Laundry

Other sites in the Hemlock Meadows loop:

Other sites

See our previous visit for lots more pictures of other loops.

We enjoyed our stay here, and would definitely stay again in the future.

LL Stub Stewart State Park, Dairy Creek East

We stayed in the Dairy Creek East campground of LL Stub Stewart State Park in Buxton, Oregon. (Campground Reviews listing.)

We stayed here last year in the west loop, and really enjoyed it. So we decided to stay again this year, this time in the east loop.

Unfortunately it was a relatively late change to our plans, so we weren’t able to get a more private site on the outside of the loop, but we still enjoyed our stay.

Dates:

Check in: 2023-06-25
Check out: 2023-06-30
5 nights

Weather:

Mostly sunny
High temps ranging between 73-79°F, lows around 46-50°F
Fairly negligible wind, up to 23 MPH gusts

Noise:

No road noise
No train noise
Quite a lot of neighbor noise (kids playing)

Site:

#81, back in, gravel
Needed to disconnect toad; parked in front of coach
Unlevel; used blocks on the front jacks
Large site: about 28 feet long asphalt driveway, plus about 40 feet long and 35 feet wide gravel area
Grass between sites, about 25 feet space between sites, about 75 feet behind
Picnic table and fire pit on gravel

Utilities:

50 amp power, conveniently located
47 PSI water, conveniently located
Good sewer connection, conveniently located (1 10-foot pipe needed)

Internet (in usage priority order):

T-Mobile: 8-11 Mbps down, 12-18 Mbps up, 28-90 ms ping
AT&T: 105 Mbps down, 5 Mbps up, 32 ms ping
Verizon: 25-42 Mbps down, 3 Mbps up, 30-140 ms ping
Starlink: not used
Campground Wi-Fi: none

Amenities:

Garbage compactor and recycling outside campground entrance
No pool

Our review on Campground Reviews:

Nice state park in the Coast Range

This was our second time staying here, and have enjoyed it both times. Last year, we stayed in the West Loop and enjoyed the trees. This year, because it was a last-minute plan, we got a site on the inside of the East Loop. I would have preferred an outside site on the East Loop, as the inner sites have no trees or shade and back up onto a large grassy area where people play loud field games. Still, the sites in both loops are large, with plenty of room for our 40′ motorhome and tow vehicle, a screen tent, a fire pit, and a picnic table. We would definitely stay again and make sure to plan in advance to get a site on the outside of the loop. We camped at L.L. Stub Stewart Memorial State Park in a Motorhome.

The RV park map:

Map

An embedded map, that you can zoom and scroll around:

Our site:

Our site

Even though we only stayed five nights, we set up the CLAM tent, in part to help discourage people from taking a shortcut through our site, since we were next to a path leading to the bathroom block:

Our site

We both worked outside in the tent at various times:

Our site

The aforementioned path, with our coach visible in the background:

Path

At the other end of the path, the bathrooms:

Bathrooms

Other sites:

Other sites

A camp host ran after this T@B trailer to tell them that their tongue jack was still down; oops (T@B trailers are cute; this is a slightly larger one than the one Jenn’s father has):

T@B trailer

Earlier in the week there were a lot of empty sites:

Empty sites

Central grassy area, with the playground in the background:

Playground

We would have preferred a site on the outside of the loop, but we still really like this campground, despite all the kids. We generally like state park campgrounds a lot.

Our Washington home

We stayed at our official domicile, aka Mom’s house, in Shelton, Washington.

It was good to be home! An opportunity to catch up on dentists, doctors, optometrists, etc, and of course with family.

Dates:

Check in: 2023-06-11
Check out: 2023-06-25
14 nights

Weather:

Partly cloudy, a little drizzle
High temps ranging between 64-83°F, lows around 47-53°F
Wind gusts to 26 MPH in the area, though much less when sheltered amongst trees

Noise:

No road noise
No train noise
Occasional neighbor noise

Site:

Front in, gravel and concrete
Disconnected toad; parked next to coach
Fairly level

Utilities:

Only 15 amp power from the house
27 PSI water from the house (just used to top up tank)
No sewer

Internet (in usage priority order):

Starlink: 12-37 Mbps down, 8-23 Mbps up, 32-50 ms ping
House Wi-Fi: 12 Mbps down, 1 Mbps up, 20 ms ping
AT&T: 13 Mbps down, 2 Mbps up, 35 ms ping
Verizon: 16-26 Mbps down, 5 Mbps up, 53-84 ms ping
T-Mobile: no service

Amenities:

House

Our coach parked in front of the house:

Coach parked in front of the house

A pile of packages waiting for us:

A pile of packages waiting for us

Thousand Trails Oceana RV & Camping Resort

We stayed at Thousand Trails Oceana RV & Camping Resort in Ocean City, Washington. (Campground Reviews listing.)

Another Thousand Trails park, with a path to the beach. Quite nice, other than only being 30 amp and no sewer.

Dates:

Check in: 2023-06-04
Check out: 2023-06-11
7 nights

Weather:

Partly cloudy
High temps ranging between 58-66°F, lows around 47-53°F
37 gusts on first day, less on subsequent days

Noise:

No road noise
No train noise
Negligible neighbor noise

Site:

#C31, back in, gravel
Needed to disconnect toad; parked next to coach
A little unlevel, but not too bad
Medium site: about 50 feet long by about 40 feet wide
Picnic table on gravel
Tall trees
(This site is planned for a cabin, but they haven’t installed it yet)

Utilities:

Only 30 amp power, somewhat conveniently located
40 PSI water, very inconveniently located
No sewer

Internet (in usage priority order):

T-Mobile: 5-7 Mbps down, 1-5 Mbps up, 50 ms ping
AT&T: 9 Mbps down, 2 Mbps up, 30-130 ms ping
Verizon: 6 Mbps down, 1 Mbps up, 40 ms ping
Starlink: not used
Campground Wi-Fi: not used

Amenities:

Dumpsters
No pool
Path to beach

Our review on Campground Reviews:

30A, no sewer, still loved it

Thousand Trails parks are a study in compromise. We could have had a 30A FHU site at the front of the park by the main road but opted for a larger site without sewer, away from the noise. There are minimal 50A sites, and they were all taken; they also have no sewer. So we watched our power consumption and our tank levels while still thoroughly enjoying our location. The staff were all very friendly and helpful, but the pathway to the beach absolutely made this park a favorite. The mosquitoes do get a bit ravenous, so make sure to pack your repellent. We camped at Thousand Trails Oceana RV Campground in a Motorhome.

Tip for Other Campers: There are several units of Olympic National Park nearby that make for excellent day trips. Be prepared for a gnarly wait if you go to Hoh Rainforest.

Interactive map (zoom out a bit to see how close it is to the beach):

Campground map; the three circled sites were apparently the only 50 amp ones:

Map

Our site:

Our site

The water tap wasn’t very close; technically in a tent site that isn’t on the map:

Water

Only 30 amp power available:

30 amp power

So I used a “dogbone” plug adapter to connect our 50 amp surge protector and cord:

Power

The power, water softener, and water filter:

Power and water

Entrance:

Entrance

Dump station:

Dump station

Other sites:

Other sites

Long-term sites:

Long-term sites

Tent sites:

Tent sites

Bridge:

Bridge

Games:

Games

Playground:

Playground

Path to the beach:

Path to the beach

Thousand Trails Seaside

We stayed at Thousand Trails Seaside in Seaside, Oregon. (Campground Reviews listing.)

A nice Thousand Trails park.

Dates:

Check in: 2023-05-28
Check out: 2023-06-04
7 nights

Weather:

Partly cloudy
High temps ranging between 58-65°F, lows around 46-51°F
A little wind

Noise:

No road noise
No train noise
A little neighbor noise

Site:

#158, back in, gravel
Needed to disconnect toad; parked in front of coach
Rather unlevel; took us a few tries, and needed blocks under the front jacks
Medium site: about 50 feet long by about 40 feet wide
Picnic table and fire pit on grass

Utilities:

50 amp power, inconveniently located
65 PSI water, inconveniently located
Good sewer connection, conveniently located (1 10-foot pipe needed)

Internet (in usage priority order):

T-Mobile: 25-29 Mbps down, 4-10 Mbps up, 40 ms ping
AT&T: 4 Mbps down, 2 Mbps up, 70 ms ping
Verizon: 4 Mbps down, 6 Mbps up, 30 ms ping
Starlink: not used
Campground Wi-Fi: not used

Amenities:

Dumpsters only by entrance
Indoor pool

Our review on Campground Reviews:

Large, busy park

First, a very important tip, especially when staying at a Thousand Trails or other first-come park: Do not arrive on the Sunday of a three-day weekend. We forgot about Memorial Day when we planned our route, and trying to find an open 50A site was diabolical on Sunday afternoon. Another rig that pulled in behind us was faster unhooking their toad and zipped ahead of us to take the last available site. Rude. So we drove around the north section (where the 50A sites are) for quite a while with no joy. Fortunately, a seasonal resident was just about to move from their temporary site to their permanent one and flagged us down. We waited while they packed up and moved, then we were able to pull into a nice end site near the bathroom block. Normally, I don’t like being so close to the bathrooms, but we needed to sanitize our water system, so it was very convenient. The site itself was incredibly unlevel and it took us quite a while to get as close to level as possible but never got completely there. Once we got situated, it wasn’t a bad place to stay, however. We camped at Thousand Trails Seaside in a Motorhome.

Tip for Other Campers: Pizza delivery from Angelina’s right to your site. Drive up to Washington and check out the Cape Disappointment lighthouse. Dinner at Mo’s and a walk along the promenade are great ways to spend an evening.

Interactive map:

The map, with all available north-side sites when we checked in circled:

Map

Our arrival experience wasn’t ideal, but mostly on us: we foolishly arrived on Sunday of Memorial weekend, when almost all sites were occupied. The only vacant sites were reserved for seasonal sites. But the people that had reserved one of those directed us to the site they were moving from, which was quite a nice location, albeit not very level:

Our site

Painted rocks left on the picnic table by the previous occupants:

Painted rocks

Utilities:

Utilities

A large grassy area next to our site; not having a neighbor on the driver side was nice:

Grass next to our site

Another nice thing is Angelina’s Pizza delivery on travel day:

Angelina's Pizza delivery

Other sites:

Other sites

Cabins:

Cabins

Tent sites:

Tent sites

Oops, a trailer took a corner too sharply and hit a rock (with a loud crunch):

Trailer hit rock

Tennis courts:

Tennis courts

Indoor pool:

Indoor pool

Clubhouse:

Clubhouse

Playground:

Playground

Bathrooms across the grassy area from our site — we usually don’t use campground bathrooms, but this time having them nearby was helpful, as we sanitized our fresh water tanks, which means not using our own bathrooms for several hours:

Bathrooms

Pet exercise area:

Pet exercise area

Thousand Trails Whalers Rest

We stayed at Thousand Trails Whalers Rest in South Beach, Oregon. (Campground Reviews listing.)

Some Thousand Trails campgrounds turn out to be great places to stay. This was not one of them.

Though it actually wasn’t too bad, but not very big rig friendly, with tight roads and we struggled to find a suitable site.

Dates:

Check in: 2023-05-22
Check out: 2023-05-28
6 nights

Weather:

Mostly cloudy
High temps ranging between 56-61°F, lows around 49-52°F
A little wind, but sheltered by trees

Noise:

A little highway noise
No train noise
A little neighbor noise
Can hear the ocean

Site:

#79, pull through, concrete
Needed to disconnect toad; parked in front of coach
Fairly level (many sites here are not)
Very small site: about 45 feet long by about 15 feet wide
No picnic table etc
Tall trees

Utilities:

50 amp power, inconveniently located
65 PSI water, inconveniently located
Loose sewer connection, conveniently located (1 10-foot pipe needed)

Internet (in usage priority order):

AT&T: 55 Mbps down, 6 Mbps up, 65 ms ping
Starlink: 70-110 Mbps down, 7-20 Mbps up, 30 ms ping, unusably spotty service (too many trees)
T-Mobile: no service
Verizon: no service
Campground Wi-Fi: none

Amenities:

Garbage bins only by entrance
Indoor pool

Our review on Campground Reviews:

Tight roads, tight sites

The thing about Thousand Trails is that your overall experience of the park is very much colored by what site you manage to snag. When we rolled into this park on a Sunday right around check-in time, there were very few sites available that would fit our 40′ motorhome. We were told not to even bother checking the north section of the park across the road but that there were “plenty” of sites available on the south side, which was not entirely true. There were several sites, but the only one available that would fit us was a pull-through in the middle of two others, which was so tight between our neighbors that our slides were nearly touching. There was no room for a picnic table or any outdoor living. It was, however, surprisingly level. We did try backing into a site that might have been long enough, but again, was so narrow there was no outdoor living space, and the trees were so low our roof would have dragged on the branches. If you have a small trailer or a Class B, this might be a great campground. For a larger motorhome or 5th wheel, I can’t recommend it. It is also close to the beach if you enjoy playing Frogger in real life. We camped at Thousand Trails Whalers Rest in a Motorhome.

Tip for Other Campers: When in Newport, eat Dungeness crab. Clearwater Restaurant on the historic bayfront was a nice option for fine dining. Take a day trip up to Yaquina Head lighthouse and Devil’s Punchbowl.

Interactive map:

Campground map:

Map

A helpful page of site lengths and other info. Lots of the sites were too short for our 40 foot motorhome, not to mention our truck:

Site info

We disconnected our truck and drove around (a couple of times) to find a suitable site. A few candidates are marked; we initially chose site #48, though it was rather narrow, so we then chose #64. But when we drove our couch around, we couldn’t back into that site due to trees and vehicles. Fortunately, we had noticed one of the few pull-through sites available, #79, so we proceeded on to that one. Rather narrow, but we fit (barely):

Our site

More spacious after the motorhome on our passenger side left:

Our site

Later, both sides were vacant for a few days:

Our site

And still later, when a trailer arrived next to us; you can see how narrow these sites are:

Our site

Once several sites cleared out during the week, we considered moving to another site, e.g. we liked this #74, but decided it wasn’t worth the hassle for a few more nights:

Other sites

Other sites:

Other sites

A very tight corner:

Other sites

Dump station:

Dump station

Apparently they gathered all of the garbage bins by the entrance, due to bears in the park:

Garbage bins

Activity center:

Activity center

Game court:

Game court

Entrance sign:

Entrance sign

This campground is split into north and south sides; we were on the south side. The north side seems to be mostly seasonal (long-term) sites. Here’s its entrance:

North side entrance

Cabins:

Cabins

Clubhouse:

Clubhouse

Mini golf:

Mini golf

Other sites:

Other sites

On the south side is a path to the beach:

Path to the beach

Have to cross Highway 101:

Across Highway 101

Lost Creek State Park:

Lost Creek State Park

The ocean:

Ocean

Armitage Park Campground

We stayed at Armitage Park Campground in Eugene, Oregon. (Campground Reviews listing.)

A nice county park, amazingly with availability for a last-minute booking, as we decided to get closer to Oregon Motorcoach for an appointment the following day.

Dates:

Check in: 2023-05-21
Check out: 2023-05-22
1 night

Weather:

Partly cloudy
High temp of 68°F, low around 43°F
Negligible wind

Noise:

A little freeway noise
No train noise
Negligible neighbor noise

Site:

#8, pull-through, asphalt
Didn’t disconnect toad
Level
Large site: about 130 feet long by about 45 feet wide
Picnic table & fire pit on grass
Tall trees

Utilities:

50 amp power, conveniently located
50 PSI water, conveniently located
Good sewer connection, conveniently located (1 10-foot pipe needed)

Internet (in usage priority order):

T-Mobile: 13 Mbps down, 20 Mbps up, 26 ms ping
AT&T: 4 Mbps down, 5 Mbps up, 50 ms ping
Verizon: 8 Mbps down, 0.5 Mbps up, 36 ms ping
Campground Wi-Fi: not used
Starlink: not used

Amenities:

Garbage dumpsters

Our review on Campground Reviews:

Nice park by the river

We booked a one-night stay here as an interim stop on our way to Oregon Motorcoach for some service and would have loved to stay longer and explore a bit more. The campground was close to the highway but still pretty quiet. The walk down to and around the river, under the big leaf maples, was very pleasant after a day of driving. The only potential negative was that our pull-through site (site 8) had the living area on the “island” between the site and the road, which means it wasn’t very private. The site was perfectly level with good hookups. We camped at Armitage Park in a Motorhome.

Interactive map:

No paper map, but here’s a screenshot from the booking site:

Armitage Park Campground

Our site:

Our site

Utilities:

Utilities

Bees!

Other sites:

Other sites

Thousand Trails South Jetty RV & Camping Resort

We stayed at Thousand Trails South Jetty RV & Camping Resort in Florence, Oregon. (Campground Reviews listing.)

We were concerned about this RV park, but it turned out to be quite nice. No sewer, but that’s fine for four nights.

Dates:

Check in: 2023-05-17
Check out: 2023-05-21
4 nights

Weather:

Mostly cloudy
High temps ranging between 60-61°F, lows around 52-54°F
A little wind, but sheltered by trees

Noise:

No road noise
No train noise
Negligible neighbor noise weekdays, more noise on the weekend
Frequent noise from a nearby go-kart racetrack

Site:

#E124, back in, gravel
Needed to disconnect toad; parked in front of coach
Surprisingly level (many sites here are not)
Medium site: about 50 feet long by about 30 feet wide
Picnic table, fire pit on gravel
Tall trees

Utilities:

50 amp power, conveniently located
60 PSI water, conveniently located
No sewer

Internet (in usage priority order):

T-Mobile: 10-36 Mbps down, 1-3 Mbps up, 50 ms ping
AT&T: 26-38 Mbps down, 6 Mbps up, 64 ms ping
Verizon: 1 Mbps down, 1 Mbps up,138-249 ms ping
Starlink: not used
Campground Wi-Fi: none

Amenities:

Garbage dumpsters
Pool

Our review on Campground Reviews:

In the thick of the trees

As is typical for Thousand Trails, this campground was first come, first served. They have limited FHU sites, so good luck getting a sewer connection, as they seem to mostly be taken by seasonal/annual users, but we were still able to get a 50 amp site that was long enough for us. We really enjoyed the ambience of being surrounded by trees, however, the Go Kart track up the road was quite noisy and went late into the evening. Despite that and the lack of sewer connection, we wish we’d been able to stay longer. We camped at Thousand Trails South Jetty in a Motorhome.

Tip for Other Campers: Check out the nearby Oregon Dunes Rec Area, Umpqua River lighthouse, and Heceta Head lighthouse. Chowder at Mo’s is always a “must do” at the Oregon Coast.

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