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Dispersed camping boondocking oregon5/28/2023 They have a Wal-Mart there for most stuff, but they also have a Grocery Outlet for some cheap buys and hard-to-find items. The three weeks we camped there we made good use of our trips into La Grande, OR for supplies. Get a old fashioned trap, and spread plenty of peanut butter on it. If you plan to camp here, bring traps, and don’t fuss with those fancy traps that hide the dead mouse from sight. After modifying the traps, it would take me several attempts at getting the trap set, and several aching fingers (from the trap snapping on to me).īut it was worth it. Otherwise, these mice could easily lick the peanut butter off of the trigger platforms without setting them off. But, I had to modify them to make them more sensitive. The only way to get them was with the conventional mouse traps (the spring-loaded bar). These mice very delicate, very sensitive. We caught five mice there over the three weeks. They seem to know to invade rigs when they see them. Seems this campsite has a lot of mice who’ve built up experience with RVers. I’m thinking about taking down the WeBoost. I’m actually getting better results using a simple little window-antenna that plugs into a hotspot device. Honestly, I think our WeBoost unit is going to shit. Verizon 4G came in weak, generally 2 bars out of 5. We never had a problem replenishing wood supplies. I was able to drive the truck around looking for these chunks of wood for campfires. They would cut down a tree, chop it up into large chunks, and leave it there for other folks to take. Either way, after 3 weeks there, our black tank was just about full.įorestry crews seemed busy cutting down dead trees affected by bark beetles. I assumed the usual 14 days, but I know there are plenty other forests that allow up to 21 days. I could find anything from the Forest Service on maximum length of stay. We were still about 1,200 feet from I-84, but at least had plenty of trees and shrubs to give us privacy and to dampen the sound of truck noise. We also got more shade from the stands of pines.Īs it turned out, it wasn’t really that deep into the forest. Download the Hells Canyon pocket guide and read up on safety information before taking your trip.At about 3,500 feet elevation, we managed to cool down by about 20 degrees from the previous camp sites in Horn Rapids and Vernita Bridge, up by Tri-Cities. Set out on foot or by car to see the dramatic cliffs, mountain peaks, vistas and thousands of acres of precious wildlife big and small. It’s part of the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area, the deepest river gorge in North America. Twelve miles away from the Lick Creek Campground, Hidden Campground provides 10 spaces at a small, rustic site for tent campers and trailers along the upper Imnaha River. Spend your day chasing trout, swimming in the bracing waters or venturing off into the adjacent Eagle Cap Wilderness on the Lick Creek Trail. Pitch a tent at the lightly used Lick Creek Campground, open June through September, with seven tent-only sites and five sites that can accommodate a camper trailer. When Dan Sizer isn’t running luxury backcountry trips for his Baker City-based company, Go Wild: American Adventures, you can find him relaxing among shady pines and casting a fly line into the South Fork of the Imnaha River. Grab one of the 35 sites, 14 of which are walk-in tent sites, at the park’s Lone Tree Campground, open year-round, and wander upstream along the Pinnacles Trail for about 4 miles. Make your way about 40 miles upstream from the river’s confluence with the Columbia near Condon and you’ll find Cottonwood Canyon State Park, Oregon’s newest. Summer temps can be blistering here, but fall brings some much-needed sanity, making it an ideal time to go. The John Day River counts as one of America’s longest free-flowing rivers, a 252-mile ribbon of liquid compassion that muscles its way through a wild and scenic canyon country so colorful it would make Georgia O’Keefe drool. Explore the John Day River Canyon Country
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