DivingDavid

This is definitely in our top 10 of our trip. Sites are nicely spaced out. Lots of trees. All sites have electric and water. Paved pad. Almost all sites back up to woods. The dunes and beach are beautiful. Would be great to visit in the summer when it is warm enough to really enjoy. Firewood is available for $5 per bundle. The dump station was adequate although the opening is at a funny angle. A little tough to get the hose elbow seated correctly. Visited the farmers market, the pie shop, the pizza pie shop. Drove north to Cannon Beach to see the haystack rock and ate at Mo's. Wife gave a big thumbs up to the clam chowder. My burger was excellent. Drove south to Tillamook Factory, but so did just about everyone in a 50 mile radius. After seeing the long lines to eat there, we skipped it.

While this is a dry camping campground, there is a full service dump station which makes it easy to stay here. The fee is due to having the annual pass. There is a lot of "mess" left over from a forest fire, but don't let that mire the view. Overall, it is great. Lots of good trails within the park. Be sure to go on the one to the campfire. No cell service or wi-fi in the visitors center. The towns of Newhalem and Diablo are company towns housing the workers for the dams and power plant. There is one general store in Newhalem. Definitely spend time exploring the Diablo Lake area. We had about 15 hours of steady rain which made all the waterfalls bigger and the river rushing more. There are waterfalls everywhere.

We liked this campground however it was not at full capacity. Check-in was easy. We had a back-in site with no one on either side of us. If we had, it would have felt very tight. You have to pull your vehicle in beside your trailer so not much "patio" space. Overall, it is laid out well. There are wide streets which help with maneuvering. Our site did have a slight slant towards the street. Easy to level. Careful with the water hookup. The valve when turned all the way to the right was not closed. It went past close to open again. Close was half way between full right and full left. The wi-fi was unreliable. It might be 5 bars, then drop to 1. It might connect and it might not. Our hotspot was better. The bathrooms, laundry room, and pool were all clean. Walmart across the street. It is next to a casino with a bowling alley and Dunkin Donuts! If your site is against two of the four walls, there will be street noise, but nothing excessive.

Easy off/on the I-5. Pull through the campground and follow the exit signs. It is on the left just past the bathroom building. It only costs $5 to dump and/or get potable water. Area was clean. The non-potable water hose has a removable spigot so you can screw on your own black tank flush hose.

County and city parks can be some of the best accommodations. This place is no exception. Actually, it is exceptional! The young lady at the check-in desk is a great face for the park. Very friendly and full of local suggestions. You are given an security card for the gate to the RV side of the park. The sites are asphalt surrounded by grass. Nightly sprinklers go off in the dead of night and in our case, hit the trailer. Don't leave anything out you do not want to get wet. There is a dump station if you do not have a full hookup site.

Agave Azul Mexican is excellent and there is a 15% off the bill coupon in the brochure provided at check-in.

The campground is between Route 2 and an active train track. You will hear both of these most of the time. Never interfered with our sleep.

Leavenworth is about 30 minutes away. Cute Bavarian style town designed to separate you from your money! Lots of restaurants, bars/brew pubs, and stores. We did to into the Nutcracker Museum which was interesting.