Finally being stationary for 2 weeks in a nice park in Washington where it’s more “our style” of camping. The KOA campgrounds are nice for passing through or overnight just off the highway types of places. The Army Corps of Engineers parks are much more our speed. Our site had a lot of shade over it from a nice tree and almost a yard outside our door. Our time at Plymouth Park was a chance to actually live as we want to in our RV. We had our new to us rug out in the gravel area outside our door, the canopy over our grill on the picnic table. We spent more time outside here than anywhere we have in a long time. Even though it was hot – and it was HOT we had several days over 100 degrees while there – because the humidity was so low and with our shady spot it was actually pleasant outside most times.
This particular campground was just off the highway so I got a great chance to watch a lot of campers coming and going to the park. I love seeing the different RV’s and it’s been very interesting seeing some different brands of RV’s that we haven’t seen more east of here. It’ve been intrigued by some of the new brands in this area and even spoke with a fellow camper at Plymouth about his brand I’d never seen before. They are actually made not far from where we were camping. They also made Keystone RV’s nearby (our brand of RV currently) but we didn’t get over to Pendelton.
Plymouth didn’t have any real town or shopping to be able to restock our grocery supplies. We crossed the Columbia River a few times to go to Hermiston, Oregon to get groceries and supplies. Hermiston was a cute town and where I had my first taste of Vietnamese food. Michael has had it several times but I had my first chance to try Pho and really enjoyed it a lot. We went to a county fair over the weekend and just spent a lot of time relaxing and enjoying watching people come and go at the park. We had some of the noisiest neighborss we’ve ever had with kids screaming at 6:30 am their first day there – thankfully there was no repeat of that.
Our biggest excitement of our stay was our early morning visitor Sunday morning. I was taking the pups out for a potty break when our little Bella girl almost stepped on a snake. As she was about to step I saw it slither and screamed. The lady across the road from us looked and I apologized for screaming and explained there was a snake. She came over to check it out and said it was a rattlesnake. After talking to her she told me the rangers prefer that those are killed – I’m not sure if its a big problem there but I called the ranger station and they were too far away at the time to come take care of it. I explained my husband had a machete and could do so if that’s what they wanted. She said please if you are fine doing that and can so Michael took care of it and I proceeded to try to find my pulse at a normal level again. I’d never seen a rattlesnake so it was a huge surprise – Oregon was not the place I had expected to see one. With all the camping we’ve done in Texas that is where I’d have expected to see a snake.
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