Day 26 – Redmond OR to Ft Klamath OR – 105 miles through OR

It was interesting to watch all the RVs pack up and get ready to leave. I was impressed at how orderly it was, and how easy it was to get out. We were on the road at 9:30. It was an easy drive down US 97, and we now had a new destination. Bill had called the Crater Lake Resort RV park and gotten reservations there, so we are now 34 miles closer to Crater Lake.

We arrived about 1. Another couple had just pulled in beside our site, and we all watched an idiot in a mega RV screw up. First he started to get out of his RV with the engine running and the RV in neutral. It started to roll, and he just barely got back in to stop it. Then when he tried to back into his slot, he rammed into a water pipe. He finally got it parked.

We are in a lovely site backed onto a pretty little stream. There are big cedars all around the campground which is great, but it means no satellite. We tried the dome and then took our chairs out back to sit by the stream. Our neighbors, Paul and Sherrie, who had also just come from the rally joined us. We all had a nice chat for an hour. We are out in the middle of nowhere! Our cell phones and internet connection do work, so that is something.

Then we tried to get the satellite dish to work which it didn’t. Bill had lots of help from another neighbor to no avail. We have lots of stuff taped, so we will not be without entertainment.

About 5 we headed out to check Ft Klamath and look for gas for the Tracker. None there, so we headed back to the small town of Chiloquin to look for gas. We headed south as we approached 97 again which was a wrong move. We had to drive 30 miles into Klamath Falls, passing several closed gas stations along the way. We finally found a station that was open and got gas in the nick of time. Oregon and New Jersey are the only two states that won’t allow the customer to pump their own gas. Maybe that is why gas is expensive here, and there aren’t that many open stations on a Sunday evening.

When we got back, Bill cooked steaks on the grill while I fixed some veggies. Tomorrow we tour Crater Lake which should be beautiful.

I posted no photo today because the internet connection is so slow, and I haven’t gotten a pretty photo of the campground yet.