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Friday, June 30, 2017

Rainier OR - Hudson Parcher County Park

OK, it's the 4th of July weekend, and we couldn't find available campsites anywhere. Luckily, we stumbled on Hudson Parcher County Park in Rainier OR during a Google map search. It's not an easy find, so they still had availability for the holiday weekend. Yea!!! So we journey northwest from Memaloose for 125 miles to our next stop. 

The reviews online made it sound rustic and in need of some maintenance. So imagine my surprise to find a quaint, beautiful little park with a woodsy feel and huge campsites. It even had full hook-ups. I love this place! 

Hudson Parcher is across the Columbia River from Longview WA. Longview is a fair-sized port city, so we were able to go into town for a groceries and a meal at Hop-N-Grape Smokehouse Pub. Hop-N-Grape is an interesting place with a portion of the establishment stocked as a wine shop. However, with a name like Smokehouse Pub, at least I went there for the beef!

Our neighbors were a wonderful couple named Josh and Kirsten, who had just started full-time RVing. Josh and Kirsten are not the typical retired folk who are full-timers, but a younger couple who have saved up to take this journey for a year or two. We had a couple of nights enjoying campfires and sharing what we'd all learned in our lifestyle journey so far.

Josh and Kirsten's rig

But now that we’ve gotten past the dreaded July 4th weekend crowd, it’s time to head on.


5 comments:

  1. I liked Longview. I thought it was a nice place. Don't know if Tom remembers Jeff Nelson from Intel, he was from Longview.

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    1. Longview was an interesting place because it was a port city with lots of ship traffic, but it felt a little too "industrial" for my liking.

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    2. I guess now that y'all are full time "Aaahhh Veee'rs" your tastes are bit more refined... :-)

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  2. Since we are roughing it, our taste are more rustic... away from the industrial city slickers 😁

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  3. We love following you guys! I love all your pictures from Canada!

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