Sunday, August 14, 2016

Clio's Rivers Edge RV Park

Decision made!

After a short discussion over a nice dinner at a local Reno casino last night we will be heading to Clio, CA for a 5 night stay on the Feather River near Graeagle, CA.

We were thinking going over the hill to the Lodi area (49' elevation) but the forecast is for continued HOT weather so...

From the Clio Rivers Edge website;

Welcome to Clio’s Rivers Edge RV Park, a northern California premier-destination RV park. We are located in the beautiful Sierras 2 miles from Historic Graeagle. We are just 1 hour from Reno Nevada, 45 minutes from Truckee and 2 hours from the Sacramento area, which makes us an easy choice for an affordable getaway for the whole family. 

Nestled along the Feather River at 4,400'+ among towering pine trees, our well-maintained RV Park offers our guests a quiet place to relax, or a base camp for outdoor adventures. Come golf, fish & relax! 
Clean, paved, full-hookup sites
100 lakes, and 1000 miles of fishing streams
6 outstanding golf courses just minutes from the park
Fine dining and quaint gift shops just a few miles away 
Discover the Plumas and Tahoe National Forests, and the Sierra Buttes, an area reminiscent of the Swiss Alps.

Clio's Rivers Edge RV Park

We'll have more from Clio when we get there next Sunday August 21, 2016.


Monday, August 8, 2016

Merrill Campground - Eagle Lake

Short update with more to come during the week.

Arrived yesterday around 1pm after a 2.5 hour drive from the house.

Weather is just gorgeous with day time temps in the high 80's to low 90's forcasted this week. Last night sleeping temps down to 46...perfect.

***8-11-2016 - Couple pics of the pups swimming this afternoon. Rib Eyes on the grill tonight and then home tomorrow.

                                                              Bailey loves the water.


Baxter would try and swim to the other shore if not leashed.



***8-11-2016 - Couple pics from this morning....more later after we take the pups swimming.






Below are a couple of pics after we setup;





Little bit about Merrill CG and Eagle Lake;

Overview

Merrill Campground is located in the Eagle Lake Recreation Area of the Lassen National Forest. This recreation area has five campgrounds, three designated day use areas and a marina on the south shore of Eagle Lake. All of these recreation facilities are connected by a 5.2 mile paved hiking/bike trail. The Osprey Overlook, another day use area in the recreation area, can be hiked or driven to for a scenic view of the southern end of Eagle Lake and the surrounding forest basin.

The Lassen National Forest offers a variety of lakes, streams and wilderness areas for recreational opportunities. The forest offers miles of trails that are used for hiking, mountain biking, off-highway vehicle riding and in the winter months, snowmobiling.

Natural Features:

Eagle Lake is located where the Sierras meet the Cascades at the southwestern end of the lake, and the Modoc Plateau of the Great Basin at the northeastern end. This unique location offers diverse landscapes, geology, wildlife and vegetation.

Merrill Campground is located in a mature conifer forest of pines and firs on the southern shoreline of Eagle Lake, at an elevation of 5,100 feet.

Recreation:

Fishing for the Eagle Lake Rainbow Trout, a California Heritage Trout, is the primary recreational activity on Eagle Lake, but the 3rd largest natural lake in California (22,000 acres), provides for plenty of room for swimming, kayaking, skiing and all other boating activities by motor or sail. There are no 2-cycle restrictions for outboard boat motors or PWCs.

Facilities:

Merrill Campground is a unique US Forest Service facility. Totally rebuilt in the early 2000s, it is the prototypical RV park in a Forest Service campground. With 57 full hook-up sites, 64 partial hook-up sites and 51 standard, no hook-up sites, Merrill offers whatever type of site you prefer. Partial hook-up sites have water and electric, no sewer. All electric hook-up sites have a 50, a 30 and two 20 amp outlets provided.

All site camping/parking spurs are at least 45 feet, but most are 55 to 75 feet in length, and are essentially double wide. Each site is equipped with a table and a campfire ring with grill. The campground has flush toilets, potable water points, grey water dumps, limited WIFI and firewood is available for purchase. An RV Dump Station Facility is conveniently located just outside the campground with a $5 dump fee.

Forty-five sites, #15-#42 and #57-#75, are designated walk-in sites, the other 125 are reservation sites.

The paved bike path runs through the campground. The Eagle Lake Marina store with gas, propane, fishing and camping supplies, rental boats, shower and laundry facilities and the South Shore Grill with hot food prepared to your order, and boat launch are located 2.5 miles from the campground.

Friday, August 5, 2016

We leave Sunday for one of our favorite places to camp and that is Merrill Campground at Eagle Lake, CA North of Susanville CA.

But before we head out we want to share a great time out we had last night here in Reno. Had a fun and tasty time at ZOZO'S Ristorante's WINE TASTING AND MENU SAMPLING.




You can 'sample' all the photos we took to share by clicking here.

We'll have a new post when we get to Eagle Lake Sunday. We get back home Friday.