Clyde Holiday State Park, Oregon

Steve has been wanting to stay in Clyde Holiday State Park for a long time. We made an attempt a couple of years ago the park was too crowded, so we tried again and had success!

The park is beautiful. It's full of trees and there's a really nice nature walk right along the John Day river.
The beds between spaces are full of nice trees, and the most perfect Oregon grape shrugs I've ever seen.


Rather than the yurts that most Oregon parks have, this one has a couple of tepees, fun for kids! The tepees have to be reserved, but there are no reservations for the campsites, so you have to get here early in the day.


We pulled in around 11:00 A.M. on a Thursday and had several spaces to choose from that were long enough to accommodate our rig. By 2:00 P.M. it was pretty much full.


This park is a great home base if you want to explore the John Day area. The river, as well as the town, are named for John Day, an old time trapper best known, along with Ramsay Crooks, for being robbed and stripped naked by Indians on the Columbia River near the mouth of the river than now bears his name.


The next morning we made quick trip back into the town of John Day for last minute groceries, then headed west for Tailgate Training Camp, in Ochoco Forest Camp. 'Don't know whether we'll have Internet access there or not. If we do I'll upload the pictures from Clyde Holiday, if not, we'll update later.