Eugene, OR

After our wonderful visit in Roseburg with Mark and Lydia, we drove the short distance up to the Eugene area and parked for 5 days at Richardson County Park.  What an incredible park this is!  I knew we needed to find a good place for the 4^th of July holiday as everything would fill up so I had made these reservations a couple of weeks ahead and pretty much just took the space that was available.  We lucked out.  Our space (#77) was perfect for us except for being a little dark because of all of the pine trees.  Our area was huge and looked out onto a large clearing where we watched people playing horseshoes, riding bikes, hitting golf balls, playing frizbee and just moving around.  For Jake it was absolutely perfection because there were dogs everywhere and people all around to entertain him.  He sat for hours just watching the activity.

Kirby and I took a bike ride each morning along the lake shore and through the woods of the campground.  We sat and played cards – Spite and Malice and Gin Rummy.  We pretty much take turns winning!  We ate most all of our meals outdoors too with Kirby grilling yum stuff.  There were families there who were ruffing it in tents with a Coleman stove and the public bathrooms and we used to do that too (remember that we spent our honeymoon camping in a tent) but now we get to camp in luxury with our wonderful rig; hot showers in privacy, our own potty and a kitchen for cooking.  Not to mention our own bed.  I think I like this new way of camping!

We only went into Eugene one day and that was to have lunch with my sister’s son, John.  It had been over 15 years since we had seen him and it was a great visit!  What a nice young man!

The park was packed for the holiday and we were one of the last ones to leave on Sunday.  We made the big 25 minute trip to another Lane County Park – Armitage, where we are now.  This place is also incredible and I will post some photos of it soon.