We left Champoeg State Park on Sept. 1st and drove south east to Cove Palisades State Park, where we will be campground hosting for the month. The park is a bit off the beaten path, but well worth the 5 mile drive down a winding canyon road, across a narrow bridge and up to the other side. The park has two campgrounds; Crooked River and Deschutes. They are several miles apart. We were assigned A loop of the Deschutes campground, which has approximately 40 full hook-up sites. B loop is for tent camping and C loop is a combination of tents and RV sites.
The first weekend we were here was Labor Day so the campground was full. There were a lot of boaters as well as RV campers and lots of families. Then, on Monday, it emptied out. We had 35 campground sites to clean...yikes...it took us most of the afternoon. Our duties include watering the grassy areas but we couldn't do that until most of the sites had emptied out. The last two days we have spent watering and there are only a handful of campers here now. The campground will be closed for the season at the end of the month.
The weather has turned cooler and it feels like Fall. Most of the trees here are evergreens but a few are not and are dropping leaves....our patio is covered with them. The dogs love the cool weather and spend most of the day outside following the sun on the patio.
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| Lake Billy Chinook |
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| View of the lake |
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| Our park transportation...fun driving a Gator |
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