Going Rogue // Will we fit?? // RV Lifestyle // Rogue River Oregon

Being still means things are well. Facts belong and it's hard to see. Patterns are hard to tell. We're together, that's our game. You say if things ain't right. Look what's really going on. What would you tell me, can't you see? There's no saying words, there's no explanations. I've got things I tend to moan. In these times, just please be patient. Be my shore, you be my home. Ride this out. So what is our route? Where does this take us through? Warm Springs Indian Reservation. You know, there was something about this route. I think I've got some reservations about this route. Oh, it's starting early. So where to next? We are headed south. Okay, take 20. So every time we're starting to do a video, we see something really cool. And I have to stop it to take a picture. So this looks kind of plain and boring. So it doesn't justify interrupting another video. So, where are we off to now? So we explored northern Oregon a little bit. We're going to head down through the state to the southern part. And we're going to stay in Prospect, Oregon and go visit Crater Lake National Park. I've never been there before. I've heard some good stuff about it. I'm hoping that some of the roads are open because they've got snow on them right now. Yes, so hopefully by the time we get there, everything will be open and we'll be able to do the whole loop. So that'll be exciting. That'll be really cool. And we'll be there for 10 days. 10 days, that'll be nice. Yeah, get a lot of chillaxing time and fun time too. My goodness, I need to cut this short. Yeah, a lot of short time. You know, maybe some chillaxing time. You know there should be some kind of warning Cause we've been down this road before Oh, in the late night and early morning Yeah, we just had to get the rain. Off and off and on again Oh, it's hard to feel it So we pretend And then we're off and on and off again Oh, heaven forbid We saw it coming We heard the sirens But we kept our heads in the sand And now we're back drifting Just lonely islands We still swim but we can't see land And so we're off and off and on again Oh, it's hard to feel it So we pretend And then we're off and on and off again Oh, heaven forbid It's the same old fire And we can't seem to put it out It's the same old story Getting told over and over again Hey, here we go. We had some friends that came here once before. Lots of trees, which is good. So we'll see. We'll see if it's good. We'll see. Wow, that's a nice bath house. Not yet. We actually got in, so step one. But it's the exit strategy. Are we going to be able to get out? We'll see. We didn't like our other site, so we're coming in here. Trying to direct and do the phone at the same time. I want to try and get it over a little bit so we have room for the slide because that tree's kind of getting close. Always want to make sure we have eye contact. The goal is to miss the trees. Now we've mentioned many times that an inch is a mile in this lifestyle and especially the site that we got into. Originally, we were going to be across the way in that site over there, but we just really weren't keen on it and we were willing to take the chance of trying to get into this site. So let's check it out. We've learned from this we definitely want to get a measuring stick. We did pretty good just eyeballing it. Hello. Inches a mile, isn't it? Yeah. We only had about a mile. The thing I think I'm most impressed with is when we backed in, we had to be concerned with multiple trees. The tree limbs on this one, but they were pretty high. And then this tree is tucked in nicely in that corner. And yes, an inch is a mile. So, and this was eyeballing it. When David backed the rig in, I said, oh, we should have some room, a couple of inches, maybe four to six, but we're a little bit bigger than I thought. We are here for ten days exploring this beautiful area around Crater Lake. So we thought, why not explore the river itself and go rogue on the Rogue River. This wild and scenic river valley, home to the beginning of Oregon's Gold Rush, stretches for 215 miles to its origins, a remote region called the Boundary Springs, just north of Crater Lake National Park. So come along on our journey of exploration and help us explore the Rogue River. We start at Rogue River Gorge, where the water cuts through the rock in impressive fashion. Not very deep, but an area where 8,000 cubic feet per second of water flows past you. That's over 60,000 gallons of water per second. Now that's a lot of water as it races west to Gold Beach on the Pacific Coast. Just down from the gorge is a feature called the Natural Bridge. It's a short hike on a mostly paved trail. Level and easy to walk, we were treated to spectacular views of the river. So this is the trail to the Natural Bridge. That doesn't look really natural to me. We were expecting to see a natural bridge of rock as we continued to the viewpoint, but the water level was so high that it had risen to the very bottom of the bridge. To us, it appeared as a rocky landscape. We could see that the water flowed to the other side as it was bubbling up in many places. Part of the landscape resembled a natural hot tub, except it was way too cold. No thanks. Further down the river, and another short hike down a very wide and well-maintained trail, led us to Pearsonee Falls. Pearsonee Falls, a really very neat area. I'll try not to trip, fall into the water because it's really cold, but it's a beautiful area. This lush area actually had several falls and felt more like a rainforest. Hmm, do we dare cross for a better view? Yay! Let's not fall. That water is really cold, especially since Sondra has her camera out. Back in the cars, we travel further downstream to explore another area of the river and another view of the gorge. Here, the river starts to cut deeper and steeper as the water flows into a rocky area called the Avenue of Giant Boulders. We can see the edge of it as the river winds to the right, but to get a better view, we have to, guess what, take a little hike, of course. So I'm not sure if this is part of the avenue here. Oh, by the way, we are doing the hike at the Avenue of the Boulders? Avenue of Giant Boulders. Of Giant Boulders. Giant Boulders. Well, they are pretty big. Oh, yeah. So far. So let's see where this takes us. I hear water. Oh, I hear lots of water. Water! You gonna touch it? Oh, yeah. Why don't you jump in it? You didn't think I'd do it. No, I didn't. Is it cold? It's crazy. Hey, David. Yeah. I love you. Exploring further down the Rogue meant another hike. This one was a little longer and a little steeper, but the views were spectacular and well worth the effort. Mill Falls. Bar Falls. Sitting on the rocks overlooking this part of the gorge was fantastic. Hmm. A dry bag in the smart. And you're in... Wet. Wettable clothes. Looks like we're gonna do a little white water... It's not white water. No. It's water floating. Floating. We're gonna be floating down the Rogue River. Continuing our journey down the Rogue River. It'll be a lot of fun. We're all checked in. Ready to go. Got our body bag. Our body dry bag. I think it's a little overkill, but you know. Slightly. What the heck. And we're just gonna go wait for our driver and our raft. Down just from the fish hatchery on the Rogue River. Getting ready to do a little water rafting. Floating. All for the sake of a picture. Getting dizzy now? Starting to. 9,360. I saw the chaos. I'm counting. At some point we're gonna come to some rapids. We survived! Woo! Only got stuck on a rock one time and it was a pretty big sticking point. Pretty big rock. Big rock and we... It took some effort to get off that thing. Looked like we were doing the boogaloo on it. It was. Shaking around. Seesawing. But we finally got loose and had a great time. You did a wonderful job staring as the captain. Except for the rock. Except for the rock or two and we hit this one rapid sideways and I got pretty wet. I still think you did that on purpose. I didn't do that. Alright, well we had a great time and I'm ready to go home and go to bed. But we have a few chores that we have yet to do today. Adulting. David is being very good and washing the rig. This is kind of the before while it's clean. And the after. It's a lot of surface area to wash. Fortunately the campground allows for washing of rigs. And I seem to get a lot of offers every time I get out here washing. We're getting some wood delivered. Yeah, so we were actually in this one first. I'm on top of the roof of Orion. And if you look over there it's really not bad. Not many needles. We're here in Oregon. And a lot of trees as you can see. So definitely not bad. Why, you ask, am I on the roof? Because what's under the trees is definitely covered in needles. But I'm going to eradicate those needles. I have the power. 110 mile an hour leaf blower. We're getting ready to leave tomorrow. And we're going to do about a week of boondocking. Now that's not unusual. We do that probably about half the time. Maybe a little bit more than half the time. And so I've got my external filter system here which goes into Orion. But when I get ready for boondocking we've got 60 gallons on the truck. And I like to filter the water even though it's coming from a city or a good well source here at the park. I still like to filter. And so I've disconnected. We're running on pump right now in Orion. And I've connected that hose and I'm going to go fill up the truck. I've got 60 gallons here in the truck. And so I'm going to fill those 60 gallons. I've got a little adapter here that I put onto my fill hose. And then this just makes it easier to connect my fill hose like that. And that way I don't have to try to screw it on or anything like that. So I kind of made this adapter. And then I'm going to go turn on the water. And it'll fill up. It'll fill my 60 gallon tank. So that's not a water leak. That's my vent for the fresh water. And that's my full gauge. I wanted to try to keep it simple. So when water starts to come out of the vent then I shut it off. It's full. And we've got 60 gallons of fresh underneath the bed here.