Is it a dishwasher or a bear

Well after a quick stay in Idaho and some pretty good Wild West Chinese food we headed to our next stop for an overnight at the Bosch Big Bear RV Park. It was another day of desert like territory that still amazed me as to what do people do here given the terrain. I can tell you that if we need more land for any reason there is plenty of open prairie. With no houses or people.

We were about 3 hours into our trip and I started to worry a bit as there were no gas stations. And no gas stations. Oh and we drove some more and no gas stations. I had thought of stopping when we got off the interstate but I had over 3/4 of a 36 gallon tank. We finally made it to Hines, Oregon and the first station we saw was designed for vehicles without a trailer. You can get in but not out. The next station we saw was on the other side of an intersection but who knew when we would see gas again so we pulled in to find a guy working on the pump. Pull around to the other side was the solution he gave. This station was also pretty tight but we pulled around and as we did I an elderly couple pulled in front of us and proceeded to tag team how to turn the pump on like it was the first time they had pumped gas. They finally figured it out and 15 minutes later pulled out. I had to back up and reposition to swing wider as a big truck pulled in. 32 gallons later I pulled out and headed to our RV campground passing two newer stations with wide lanes and plenty of room to turn on our way. Oh well I had a full tank so we would be ready to leave for Crater Lake the next day.

We pulled in to our campground to no office. The sandwich board outside the only building (a prior restaurant by the looks) said welcome this is an office free campground. Just proceed to your site. I found the email and my site number and off we went. The site was really just a large parking lot of crushed black stone that had been turned into RV hookups around the perimeter. That said the hookups were new and two over from us there was a state trooper living there so no fears about issues while we were there.

There wasn’t any laundry, showers, dog park etc but level site and full hookups. As an aside i don’t think Ive shared what is involved if the site isn’t level as many aren’t. You really don’t want the blood rushing to your head when you lay down with your feet slanted above your head or end up against the trailer wall if leaning to one side (the aluminum can be pretty shockingly chilly when your arm lays against it. Front to back leveling is usually easy by racing or lowering the jack on the front of the trailer by the hitch. Side to side involves putting curved ramps under the low side and driving or backing up on them. That involves jo usually saying whoa when I am about to drive off the ramps lol.

Wish I had taken more pics of gas station etc. Oh the things I take for granted. Tomorrow we head to Crater Lake National Park.