Okay, we made it out of town, but we have some serious driving ahead to get to Dawson Creek, British Columbia, and Mile 0 of the Alaska Highway, in time for the the WBCCI Airstream Caravan "Alyeska - The Great Land" on July 12, 2012. And a few stops to make on the way.
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| No wheel should go un-torqued. Mt. Shasta approves. |
We leave Red Bluff, driving north on I-5 to Weed then head east toward Klamath Falls. With some
exceptions the area is high (3500-4000 feet), dry, and only lightly vegetated –
not your usual image of Oregon. Klamath Falls features a very large lake with a
shoreline lumber mill, but we never did see the falls. At Klamath Falls we
headed north then east through the Klamath Wildlife Refuge for a very long
time, seeing no vehicles (except, strangely, a Dish Network truck at the side
of the road) and only scattered houses, but nice countryside. We then passed through the very small town of
Silver Lake and south to the Ana Reservoir, at the tip of Summer Lake.
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| Jay's joys (there are others) |
At the Ana Reservoir RV Campground we met Jay, its owner, a
member of our NorCal WBCCI Airstream club, and a newsletter advertiser. Jay
and Connie bought the campground in 2006.
He sold his business last year (“document destruction”) and is now free
to spend more time at the campground, or working on his rigs, or perhaps
traveling. He has a 1965 Airstream (“a
work in progress”) and a 35-foot triple axle, plus a couple rigs from other
manufacturers.
Ana Reservoir is an area for people that love clear skies
and air and quiet, and/or fishing. It is
near Summer Lake, which on a map looks quite large but has lost most of its
water for residential and agricultural use.
His campground has 24 sites ranging from no hookups to 50 amps and a
very nice shower and laundry facility.
Coincidentally, Jay greeted us by asking if we know Dennis R
from NorCal. Dennis had just come
through the area, and we had no idea he and Karen had been here. We missed them by about a week.
This is a great transit campground, or alternatively a place
to kick back and totally relax.
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