In violation of my “no backtracking” rule, we reversed direction from our generally southbound progress and headed north, but not very far. I know I was bad and I gave myself a stern scolding before ignoring the policy. We left Bullard’s Beach State Park, turned north on US-101 and headed back through Coos Bay and North Bend. We continued another 15 miles after crossing the Coos River until we turned east toward the small community of Lakeside.
Despite living about 20 miles away for ten years earlier in life, I had never been to Lakeside. It is sort of a disorderly conglomeration of houses and small businesses, at least at first and only glance. The town is built right along the edge of South Tenmile Lake and I see there is an North Tenmile Lake, at least on the map. We will explore to get more info tomorrow.
In Lakeside, we pulled into the Osprey View RV Park. The park is built on a flat peninsula that is bordered on one side by a canal and on the other by South Tenmile Lake. The spaces are a bit small (we just barely fit in ours with our gigantic trailer and massive pickup truck) and close together. However, the crowd seems to be quite sociable with big chair circles surrounding portable fireplaces in those spaces with any room. There are lots of friendly dogs passing by the trailer and I think that’s always a good thing. There are also lots of ducks, geese, swans, songbirds, a few blue jays and some big cool ravens. The park has full hookups, 50 amp electrical service, paved RV spots, good roads, cable TV (we use our satellite dish because we get more and better channels), wifi, big shower and bath facilities, a store, a laundry, an arcade for kids, a meeting hall, an ATM and, best of all, a pub and pizza joint. It is not rustic.