A Stop in Sutherlin, OR at an Escapee Park

This is our second visit to this park after 10 years.  We arrived Friday after a beautiful drive through the mountains and followed the river.  Then we took another back road through open brown grassy hills, and ranches in the country.  It was not the best choice.  The road was narrow, very hilly with lots of ups and downs, plus was on the edge of the hills with no shoulders and no guardrails.  Boy, was I glad I was on the inside lane!! 

We basically stopped at the Timber Valley Escapee RV Park in Sutherlin, OR, to get us through the weekend, since state and national parks, especially those along the Oregon coast, fill up on weekends.  The town of Sutherlin is very small and very run  down, so lots of folks go 10 miles south down the interstate to the larger, town of Roseburg, where there is much better shopping, Super Wal-Mart, and restaurants.  This is a nice quiet park and we had a wonderful site in the back corner under the trees.  We felt like we were back at Diamond Lake! It has turned warm again but we still managed to walk a bit.  Last night, as I was walking, I saw deer, jackrabbits, and wild turkeys.  I just barely got a glimpse of the deer as she headed back into the woods.  In the morning, we head to the coast and are looking forward to that drive again.  I think this will be the third time we have taken that drive.