The Oregon Trail was the scene of one of the greatest migrations of people in this country’s history. Over 50,000 men, women and children (some historians say as many as 300,000) traveled over the 2,000 mile trail in search of a better life in Oregon. History tells us that traveling the Oregon Trail was difficult. At what is now Three Island State Park, the emigrants had a difficult decision to make. Should they risk the dangerous crossing of the Snake, or endure the dry, rocky route along the south bank of the river? The rewards of a successful crossing were…
Destination: Donnelly, ID Lake Cascade State Park West Mountain Campground Site 156 For the record, Site 156 is not the worst site in the West Mountain Campground; but it is easily the worst spot that is large enough to accommodate an RV, which explains why it was the only RV site not reserved a full 9 months in advance, and why we were able to obtain a reservation for that site on such short notice, on a busy Independence Day 4-day weekend. Weve been working very hard in recent weeks to make repairs to the RV, including replacing an entire…