Klamath Falls KOA

We leave Likely to spend a couple of days in Klamath Falls where we have an appointment to have some RV repairs done. We get two nights at the Klamath Falls KOA which is just a few miles from the repair shop.

First things first, once we get settled, we need to find dinner. Wendy finds Somtum Thai, a highly (Google) rated restaurant. We head out to the address and can't find it. After circling back, Tom notices that it's one of three food "trucks" (more like fair concession trailers). Tom's reluctant to try it until he sees that they have tom kha soup! And, yes, yum, it was worth the search. :)

Tom kha soup and spring rolls

Pad Kee Mao (rice noodles) and Pad Prik King (green beans in chili paste)

The next day, Tom takes the RV over to the shop to have the jacks and the leaky bedroom slide repaired. Tom's travels out of the Sacramento area the last few months have coincided with the rains coming into the Sacramento area, so we've been pretty lucky. However, the thunder storm in Likely reinforced the need to get the slide fixed! Unfortunately, the parts for the jacks will take awhile to get, so that repair will need to wait for a little while.

The slide is fixed! I'm sooo happy!

While the repairs are being done, we drive back to Tule Lake to find the Tule Lake Segregation Center. The Segregation Center was the largest US site where Japanese Americans were incarcerated during World War II.

Officially, the Segregation Center is part of the Tule Lake Unit, WWII Valor in the Pacific National Monument, which seems to not really exist. When we get to the Segregation Center, it is behind a chain link fence and is closed. We ended up going the the fair grounds, which have a few more items, but ultimately being told to check at the Lava Beds National Monument for tours.

2nd page of the Loyalty Oath

 Although we were leaving the next day, we wanted to make a trip down to Lava Beds National Monument, and the folks at the KOA were nice enough to let us leave our RV after checkout time to do this. The first stop was Petroglyphs Point

then on to the Lava Beds to explore some lava tube caves. Lave Beds is the result of volcanic eruptions of the Medicine Lake shield volcano. It is home to Native American art (like the petroglyphs above) and over 700 caves.

I was pretty amazed that you could easily walk past and entrance to a cave not more than a few feet away and never know it was there. Even on a hot day the caves stay very cool, almost cold averaging 55 degrees year round.