Roseburg, OR

We decided to drive down to Roseburg and check out their Visitor Center. The Visitor Center had a lot of good information on the local area and on out to Crater Lake. The women there were most helpful and loaded us down with a lot of information. We were given instructions on how to get to River Forks park. We had read some interesting tidbits on the park and wanted to see it.

The park is at the confluence of two rivers. It is a large park area with a lot of grass area for picnicking and such. The two rivers did not have a lot of action other than some bank fisherman and these two boats. What John and I noticed was how clear the river water ran.

Hopefully, you can see the clarity of the water from the picture below.

At the top of the hill in the park sat a fort for the kids to play in and around. We thought it looked pretty cool from down below.

Here is a shot of the fort from the front. It definitely was a good sized replica.

What would a park be without swings. I took advantage of them and went swinging for a spell. I guess it is something from my childhood but I find swinging to be fun (of course) but it also is relaxing and clears my mind. John took a short turn on the swings himself, although I don't think he enjoyed it as much as I did.

One of the first things you see when you drive in to the park is this big Osprey nest. It looked to us like the Osprey had originally built their nest on the cross bars of the power pole that didn't go over to well. It looks like a platform was built to keep the nest out of harms way.

Located just down the road from the park is an RV park called Twin Rivers Vacation Park. As it was rated well, we wanted to check it out. The office was closed and it had a locked gate. As we were getting ready to turn around to leave, the manager drove up and said that she would open the gate for us . She gave us flyer on the park and showed us on the map the sites best suited for our size and to take our time looking around. She suggested that we call for reservations as the park fills up on weekends. It is a nicely shaded park with large pull-through sites. It definitely has some possibilities.

We stopped for lunch at Elmer's in Roseburg and found the restaurant to be very good. It is located at exit 125 and sits in front of a Best Western.

We returned home to just enjoy the rest of the day and evening.