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The long, long RV trip, Week 22: Riverfront camping in Portland, OR; Hood River Fruit Loop

Those who have been following along on this journey already know that whenever possible, I avoid commercial RV parks in my travels. But sometimes...

The long, long RV trip, Week 21: Through Montana and RVing on the Washington and Oregon border

This week’s stops in Montana and along the Washington and Oregon border: Montana rest areas Fairgrounds camping Montana’s “best” huckleberry shakes Awesome pizza at...

Ghost Town Trails: Greenhorn—Oregon’s smallest incorporated city

Greenhorn, Oregon, is the featured ghost town in this month’s installment of Ghost Town Trails. Last month we were up in the Yukon Territory...

Some Oregon Forest Service campgrounds won’t open until summer

Seven Oregon campgrounds administered by the U.S. Forest Service Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest are temporarily unavailable and may not be available until mid summer....

RV Daily Tips. Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Issue 1832 Welcome to RV Travel’s Daily Tips Newsletter, where you’ll find helpful RV-related tips from the pros, travel advice, product reviews and more. Thanks...

Higher fees coming to recreation lands in northwest Oregon

Visitors to Bureau of Land Management recreation sites in northwest Oregon will see new and increased fees this 2022 season. The changes, the first...

Whale watching ramping up along Oregon Coast

RV snowbirds aren't the only ones migrating north this time of year. The spring gray whale migration is underway now, too, and Oregon State...

Heavy rains force evacuation of Oregon Coast campground

The U.S. Coast Guard and the Tillamook County, Oregon, Sheriff’s Office were busy Friday evacuating 20 people from the Neskowin Creek RV Resort after...

Oregon adding 25 percent surcharge for out-of-state RVers

RVers traveling to Oregon had better bring along a little extra cash next year. The Oregon Legislature passed a bill during its last session...

John Day Fossil Beds in eastern Oregon

The John Day Fossil Beds National Monument in eastern Oregon features stunning, multi-colored landscapes that have captured 50 million years of our planet's animal...

RV Daily Tips Newsletter Issue 1296

Friday, March 13, 2020 Welcome to another edition of RV Travel’s Daily Tips newsletter. Here you’ll find helpful RV-related and living tips from the pros,...

Camp on the tree-shaded river bank of Oregon’s Metolius Recreation Area

By Bob Difley The central Oregon town of Sisters, often called the “Gateway to the Cascades,” is named for the snow-capped Three Sisters peaks of...

Oregon Coast’s Dean Creek Elk Viewing Area offers wildlife viewing year-round

By Bob Difley When cruising the Oregon Coast with a westward focus to the scenic beaches and shorelines we sometimes miss attractions that lie to...

Scenic photography ideas: Oregon’s 50 restored covered bridges

By Bob Difley Back in the simpler "good 'ol days," when our daily distractions didn’t include social media, smartphones, and terrorist attacks, gasoline cost a...

Gut-busting Cowboy Dinner Tree near Silver Lake, Oregon

By Julianne G. Crane The Cowboy Dinner Tree Restaurant, about four miles down a county road from no where in the high desert of Central...

Covered Bridges of Cottage Grove, Oregon

RVer Malia Lane (2015) reads about Chambers Bridge history (Julianne G. Crane) In tribute to longtime RV writer Malia Lane, who passed on Feb. 11, 2019,...

Readers share their favorite travel places

Here's this week's installment of RV Travel Tips, where the readers of RVtravel.com share some of their favorite places to visit in North America....

Discover Redmond, and Bend, Ore.’s Deschuts River Walk

If you plan on traveling through Central Oregon, east of the Cascades, and want to stay a few extra days in the region, one place...

Oregon’s Collier Memorial Park Logging Museum records rugged lifestyle

Oregon's  Collier Memorial State Park is said to have the state's finest Logging Museum. The Park also features a relocated pioneer village; great state campground with...

Dean Creek Elk Viewing Area Wetland Enhancement near Reedsport, Ore.

Dean Creek Elk Viewing Area. (Julianne G. Crane) Jimmy and I are lucky enough to spend many months each year in Oregon State.  Our very...

Cottage Grove historic district’s public murals near I-5 in western Oregon

'Buster Keaton' mural (Howard Tharpe, 2002) in Cottage Grove's Historic District. Large-scale public paintings are "the people's art works." Everyday ordinary traveling families don't...

Wildlife Safari near I-5 in southern Oregon year-round family RV Short Stop

Cars meander through the 600-acres of the Wildlife Safari (Julianne G. Crane) I'm not a big fan of zoos.  In a perfect world all living...

Free Winchester Fish Ladder on the North Umpqua River, off Exit 129 on I-5 in Oregon

Near the Fish Ladder (left) Mary Jane Huber & John Winnicki from Virginia & Jimmy Smith. If you find yourself heading north or south...

Coos Bay, Oregon — ‘Beautiful bay, lush forests, mighty Pacific Ocean’ and ‘Pre’

Coos Bay Boardwalk, Oregon. (Julianne G Crane) Coos Bay is the largest city on the Oregon Coast and celebrates its history in shipbuilding, lumber products,...

Camp 18 in northern Oregon includes a logging museum, good eats

Northern Lite camper at Camp 18 (Julianne G. Crane) Traveling along Oregon Highway 26, west of Portland, you'll spot a huge rustic log-cabin restaurant and...

Historic little town of Oakland, Oregon

Historic downtown Oakland, Oregon (Julianne G. Crane) For RVers who travel through southwest Oregon along I-5, consider taking a couple of hours to explore the...

The only Goat Museum in the nation at Fairview Farm Goat Dairy in Oregon

The next time you're in Oregon, why not stop by the tiny but unique Goat Museum at Fairview Farm Goat Dairy in Dallas. Located just...

Crystal Crane Hot Springs near Burns, in southeast Oregon

Crystal Crane Hot Springs natural pool. (Julianne G. Crane) Weary travelers making their way east along US 20 from Bend to Burns, or north-south along...

Oregon’s Umpqua Lighthouse State Park & Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area

Umpqua Lighthouse Umpqua Lighthouse State Park  is located south of Reedsport, less than a mile from the famous Salmon Harbor on Winchester Bay. The 65-foot Umpqua Lighthouse towers...

Alvord Desert Hot Springs – open year round

Approaching dry camp area near Alvord Hot Springs (Julianne G. Crane) Alvord Hot Springs is a geothermal spring located in southeast Oregon on the eastern...

Giant steaks and free overnight RVing

Ya'll come now, ya hear? That's pretty much the exhortation on Oregon's high desert. By unofficial polling, it looks like the majority of folks...

See carnivore plants on the Oregon coast

A few miles north of Florence, Oregon along U.S. 101, not far from the shores of the Pacific, a daily carnage of death takes...

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