We went down one right before Lincoln city and it's great
We have internet(slow), Sun for solar, and HOPEFULLY only 1-2 cars per day might drive by... . So hopefully we can hide out here for several days Really sweet forest, and some good biking ahead of us (Cold and rainy today)
-Joe
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In searching for a place near Pacific City to stay a while, we came upon a Thousand Trails park. Upon stopping in, we were told it was a "Members Only" park and told to turn around and leave. . . . So we did. . . But then looked them up online. .. NO INFORMATION. Kinda worriedly, Miranda Called them, NO INFORMATION, Said to find out more we'd have to stay the weekend for free.. . . . Ummm Ok... . So we took it. Deal was had to meet with a sales person the next morning. . (Which we just got done with.) Any way, we just returned from that. . .
$9000 Up front for lifetime membership, and then $700/yr to keep the membership.. But then you get to stay for "free" HOLY CROW
The campground is REALLY NICE though. .. Tree's between campsite, real nice forested area, Pools, Hot tub, store, Hookups, etc. etc. etc. tons of stuff. .. But $9000!! Sheeesh. . . So, I don't think so
We enjoy Staying at a "Real" campground maybe once per week. . . That is ~$25/week + maybe $25 on average for other parking,etc fees.. $50/week*52 weeks = $2600 / Yr for our camping lifestyle. . . So, if we were going to continue like this for 10 Years, POSSIBLY. . .. But. . I think we'll move on to other adventures in life
plus they are all really snobby... no need to support that.
-Joe
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Cool. we found a free campground about 60 miles (3 hours of us traveling) down the road. Normal people camp by the lake, we're parked at the top of the campsite-loop-road on a mountain so we have cell signal ;) Keeps us away from people also
Nice.On our way here we noticed a horse caught in a busted fence and stopped to inform the owner and help.. surprised none of them ran out into traffic.
This place looks great, We'll see how bad the Friday night crowd is at a free-water-hole.. . .
-Joe
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Today we continued our drive down highway 1. We stopped at a 'lake' (it looked more like a pond or even pool). We then went on a 13km hike up to the upper lookout of Mount Hunter. It was an elevation gain of over a kilometer!. Ouch. We are going to hurt tomorrow.
We are now out of the parks and are using internet in Golden, British Columbia. We're going to be heading down 95 to find someplace to sleep soon.
-Miranda
A hut at the end of our hike where the ranger's (or whomever) stayed when they were up looking for fires.
Joe and I at the top of Mount Hunter.
A natural bridge we stopped at during our drive.
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Last night we dealt with the mouse some more. Joe made a psuedo mouse trap out of an old yogurt container. Later we heard it chewing on some wrappers on the table and found that it was eating one of our granola bars we'd left out. We set that on the counter hoping to actually catch it with the flashlight if nothing else. I did finally see it. It is a mouse and is hiding under the bathroom, getting there through the stove (gas line) and then the wiring.
Hopefully we'll catch it tonight. Anyway, we started driving to Lake Louise. We took scenic highway 1Aand stopped at info spots. Then we stopped at Moose Meadows which was just past Johnston Canyon (where the parking lot was literaly overflowing with cars) and went for a 10-12km hike. We saw 'Ink Pots' which were really neat. It's where cold springs are coming up through the sand and something about minerals in the water makes the water different colors. Mostly just pretty greens and blues. We also saw Johnston Canyon. It was an exhausting hike and Joe got tuckered like an old man. Since we are both pooped after the long hike, we went back to the campground across from Johnston Canyon, stayed there and got showers. We set up a new trap tonight made of string, duct tape, and a bowl (see picture below) to catch the mouse. We used the granola as bait.
-Miranda
Our mouse trap that worked. The string was originally tied around the post and we just had to pull it to let the bowl down.
One of the ink pots.
Bubbles were coming up from the sand where the water was coming into the ink pot.
;)
Panorama of the inkpot area (click on picture to see larger size).
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