Pelican Bay (West Coast Van Trip – Post 4)

When we pulled in that first evening, we were initially extremely pleased with our campsite at Rocky Point Resort on Pelican Bay in southern Oregon. What a view!

By about mid-day the next day we realized the campsite had a complete lack of shade during the hottest time of the day. We were baking! Good thing we came to spend time on the water, not sit around at our campsite.

Here’s John checking out the kayaks for rent the next morning.

This is the restaurant on the rocky point. The food was only so-so. Burgers & such. But the view from the deck was awesome!

John’s not actually sunburned. The red table umbrella was reflecting on him.

We went out on kayaks several times during our visit. It was so beautiful!

One evening we rented a motor boat.

It got windy and choppy as we headed out into the Upper Klamath, so we came back into Pelican Bay to fish.

The old guy on the left caught a big fish and released it. He said it was his second one for that day.

We didn’t catch anything, but we enjoyed being on the water.

There was a fire east of Klamath Lake, which got worse during our 3-day visit.

You can see it billowing in the distance (these marsh grasses are between us and the main part of the lake, which is very large).

This first picture was taken shortly after we arrived, and the second one shortly before we left. You can see how the smoke just kept getting worse.

By the time we left, the smoke had completely obliterated the local hills.

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