Two Fairgrounds and a National Forest
Oregon
As we make our way back to California, we passed through the Ochoco National Forest. There are a few dispersed horse camps, but they had limits on the size of trailer they could accommodate. In the interest of not getting stuck somewhere we couldn’t turn around, we decided to spend a couple of stops at fairgrounds along the way.
Our first stop was Grant County RV Park and Fairgrounds in John Day, Oregon. For $35/night we got full hook-up. The horses were in large pipe corrals in the rodeo grounds. They had shut off the water in the rodeo grounds, so we ended up connecting a couple hundred feet of hose to run water to the horses. The corrals were not cleaned and there was not an obvious manure bunker.
Mercy making a bubble…
Our next stop was at the Crook County Fairgrounds in Prineville, OR. They have several barns and all the stalls are locked unless you make arrangements prior to arrival.
For $70, our horses got large 12x12 covered stalls and we got electric/water hook-ups. There was a large manure bunker at the end of each barn.
Finally we arrive at Quinn Meadow Horse Camp, outside of Bend, Oregon in the Deschutes National Forest. This is our second time here. We arrived mid-day. The camp hosts are absent, but the campground is much the same. It looks like the trails have been improved and cleaned up quite a bit (Thank you to Back Country Horsemen!)
Our friend, Elaine, has joined us and she will be traveling along with us until we get to Northern California. She’ll be riding with us at Day of the Horse in Woodside. We’ll be camping at The Horse Park in Woodside Friday and Saturday nights, if anyone wants to come by our camp and hear stories of our travels. We’ll be spending time at Five Brooks Horse Camp, Skyline Wilderness Park and Henry Cowell State Park as well.
And then, Ari and I will be returning to our home in San Jose, California and Elaine will move on to continue exploring the great state of California before she turns her rig east to head back to her home state of Florida.