These Snowbirds heading south … traveling light, sorta
After a long stretch nestled in the Timber Valley SKP Park in Sutherlin, Ore., these snowbirds will be heading south soon. For the next…
"Northern Lite" camper
Northern Oregon Coast for ‘Get Outdoors’ Day, Jimmy’s birthday June 11
For the long weekend, we headed out from our home base in southern Oregon, to pavement camp and visit our friend Tom Bombadil in…
Oregon’s Sunset Bay State Park with longtime friends, Sharon and Ron Vail
One of the most scenic and easily accessible areas on the Oregon coast, Sunset Bay State Park features an amazing sandy beach protected by…
Visiting RV friends in Susanville, Calif.= pavement camping, helping with moving chores, Lassen Ale
A favorite highway of RVers traveling the ‘alternative’ route to and from Arizona and the Pacific Northwest or Canada, is US 395. In northeast California…
Jimmy’s Views 2013
This page holds the 2013 musings and reflections of Jimmy Smith, long-time bicyclist, one-time retreat center owner and now a semi-retired, extended-time RVer and…
Escape heat, smoke go to Northern California coast
If you are traveling along Pacific Coast Highway 101 in Northern California or are looking for a spot to escape the hot summer weather…
Two weeks in Yuma, new RV friends Pat & Nancy
After our month along the Texas Coastal Bend, we pointed our truck and Northern Lite camper west … eventually stopping for two weeks in…
Pickup-5th wheel-boat combination in Illinois
Driving the two lane back roads from Montana to the Midwest we have seen thousands of miles of corn fields … and an amazing…
Back from a week of camping, fishing, canoeing
We’ve just returned from seven days at Lake Leo Campground in the Colville National Forest in northeast Washington state. Over the next few days…
Larry and Susan Dach host at Dragoon Creek public campground near Spokane, Wash.
We were looking for a place to camp near Spokane, Wash., and heard that a local favorite, Dragoon Creek Campground, had recently reopened after being closed…