Forks, Washington

*a good location for visiting the beaches and the hoh rainforest. *the timber museum is interesting and only $3. *pull through sites on grass *full hook ups *does have laundry room but we didnt go in or use it. *$5 discount for first responders and teachers. Otherwise, it was $50 a night *in front of the row of pull through sites are permanent residents in single-wides and a couple of small houses. All but the pull through sites have a large planted screen in front so they are hidden. But regardless, trailers may be old but all are neat and tidy. *there are berry vines in back of the sites , which we picked after asking. A pie is in our future. *important to get a tide schedule before heading to Hole in the Rock on Rialto Beach which is an hour and a half (we were told) walk from the parking lot. The beach has small smooth rocks instead of sand so a fast paced walk is hard. If you don't pay attention to the tides, you could get in real trouble trying to get back. Seeing gorilla rock and tides pools also require a low tide. The sea stacks and beach are beautiful even if the tides aren't working out. *The park was not full in September.

Seaquest State Park (Mt St Helens)
  • electric and water
  • dump station included in fee which was $40/night *if not camping here, it is $5 to dump
  • heavily treed *about 40 miles from campsite to main visitor center for Mt St Helens *If you want to see Spirit Lake etc, you will want to camp closer to the mountain. From Sequest State Park, it was a 10 hour day to do the loop in order to see the east side, with only one short hike thrown in. *as of this date, all visitor centers are closed due to covid. But for some reason the forest service and park service feel it's ok/safe to keep the gift shops open… masks are required. *the signage at the overlooks is very good however, so we felt we weren't left short of information with the visitor centers closed.
Mazama Campground, Crater Lake, Oregon

*mazama campground is inside the park, not far from the entrance and the rim drive. *Showers still closed due to covid, but toilets open.

  • Loop D is dry camping sites
  • long pull through sites with a lot of extra space for toad. *beautiful treed sites with table and fire pit. *bear proof metal box for tent campers' food at each site *If you want a site with hookups, we were told reservations must be made a year in advance. We tried at 6 months and got the dry camping only sites.
90 miles from crater lake heading north
  • Forested with ponderosa pine.
  • 22 RV sites, 10 rustic cabins, 8 tents, group site
  • shower house
  • Full hookups *playground structure
  • Our friends and we had the place to ourselves. (Antelope fire very close, but smoke had dissipated after 3 hours of rain)
  • All pull through sites big enough to keep toad hooked up
  • The owner said their main season is hunting season which starts the end of September. We overnighted here the 9/12/21. Very pleasant.
5 miles north of Carson City
  • 2 loops. Loop A has electric and water and loop B is dry camping *Loop A was $30, which included $10 nonresident fee. *large sites with a lot of space between sites!
  • no showers or toilets in loop A where we were. Loop B, ?
  • Some trees
  • covered picnic table. Fire pit at each site
  • bbq at some sites *beautiful view of the Sierras, although we couldn't see the lake from our site *Feral horses. Several came galloping towards us, which was a bit startling, but we move and they went around us.
  • When leaving, just past the dump station, there is a pull out where you can easily hitch the toad.
  • Glad we got there fairly early -2:30- because there were only 2 sites left and one was a handicap site. *Maybe 35 sites in each loop, but they are so spaced out, it is really nice
Brown millpond campground

*Room for rv and parked toad *electric and water-no sewer *only 30 amp available *12 minutes north of Bishop maybe a mile off 395, so quiet *20 feet behind campsite is a narrow channel with a clear creek. If you are in a tent, you can camp right next to it. *$36 (with tax) with sams card *trees at some campsites *dry camping sites available *friendly owners (Gas at south end of town was $4.19 -Speedway Express- $4.79 Shell on North end)