Another Test Trip – McCloud RV Resort

Had a great 4th of July, did not take pictures (sorry), and we enjoyed a visit with my cousin Donald, wife Sherri and two of their grandkids on Friday too.  But this morning, after watching church over the Internet, we got things ready and hit the road by 10:30.  After fueling up at Sam’s Club ($2.87 gal) and a very quick  shopping trip to pick up some grapes and frozen berries inside, we were hitting the highway shortly after 11. Other than the bad stretch of road along I-80 heading over to I-5, the road conditions were good, although a bit more crowded than I expected headed north. Got to McCloud by 4:30, and after a very busy 4th of July, they had a good number of openings at the McCloud RV Resort (aka: McCloud (Dance Country) RV Resort)

There are some nice quaint areas here at the park…this person lucked out after four neighbors left this morning giving them a nice secluded area amongst the trees.

Many sites are right on the grass, and they are a little less expensive than those on pavement.

The length of the pavement is nice, but the width is lacking a bit.  But a real nice feature for us is that you can park your car right next to it…so Marcia won’t have to walk very far to get in the car when we go on a day trip tomorrow. We are parked a bit forward on the pad so that our slide would not open up onto the utility pole.

They also have some cabins, which are fully furnished.  I did not see any of them with cars in front of them, but I am sure over the weekend they were full too.

   

As you pull in there is a nice sign so you won’t miss it…and pull way in until you get to the office, which is the building above (right).  The staff was super nice, and would have allowed me to drive around to check on some sites, but I settled on the one she recommended.

As you pull into the RV Park, you pass this McCloud Dairy Barn…

….which is really a fairly new food and brewery in town called the Siskiyou Brew Works.  Link is to their facebook page, they don’t seem to have a website, but the reviews are pretty good on yelp.

Got this picture from the Internet of the McCloud Dance Hall.  McCloud Dance Country offers ballroom, round and square dancing activities, and the RV park was originally named after it.

We visited McCloud back in 2012 on one of our Day Trip drives.  We both remember seeing this RV park and thought back then that it looked like a nice quiet park…so far we were right.  Tomorrow we will have a little more time to explore it, but most of all we are going to drive up Mt. Shasta as far as we can and see what we can see.

Next Trip Starts Sunday to…

We have our next trip planed, another one week trip, this time up north to Shasta area, then along the Sierra’s to Burney Falls, past Mt. Lassen to Lake Almanor, then to Quincy, one night in Truckee again and back to my sister’s house the following Sunday.

We will stay at McCloud for two nights, and it is our plan to drive the Everitt Memorial Highway which goes up Mount Shasta to the old ski area…it is a launching off point for many who wish to climb higher up the mountain.  I have heard it is a pretty little drive and, weather permitting, you can get some good pictures.  The road to the top (Panther Meadow Trailhead) just opened up July 1st.

After two nights at McCloud with full hookups, we are going to go to the State Park (no hookups) at Burney Falls for a night and another visit to one of Marcia’s favorite waterfalls.  From there we are going to drive to Lake Almanor for another no hookup at the NF Park for another night.  Thursday we will pull into Quincy for two nights at an RV Park we have stayed at a few times now.  Then on Saturday we will go back to Truckee and stay at Granite Flat for another night before we head back down the mountain to Citrus Heights on Sunday after church and a quick lunch (no hour wait this time).

This trip is designed for the following:   a) get us out of the heat again, b) provide mixture of full hook-ups and no hook-ups, which is what we would be doing if we were on a longer trip, c) give us another check of the motorhome without getting too far off from our family, and from where we know our motorhome could be looked at and fixed “if” something went wrong again.

On Saturday we are having another cul-de-sac 4th of July.  Burgers, hot dogs, brats, shrimp, beans, potato salad, etc., etc., etc.   And, of course, lots of FIREWORKS.  Hope you all have a safe 4th of July, and for those who are American, who live in America, or are visiting America, please know and understand that we are, for the most part, a very patriotic people.  For those who want to do us harm, it is said that Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, after the attack on Pearl Harbor, stated, "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve."   Although he may not have said it, the outcome of the war showed that this statement was accurate had he said it.  I pray to God that we still have that resolve.