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Silver Falls State Park

     Silver Falls State Park is another park that I've visited several times over the years to hike it's miles of trails and have never camped here.  I've been missing out.  There are two loops to the camp ground.  An older loop in which the trees are tall and numerous almost blocking the sun from hitting the campground, while the new loop has more open sites with smaller trees and lots of grass.  Both are great.  The campground also has several cabins as well.

        Our visit to the park started on a very rainy Friday morning.  On the way, we stopped and replace the deep cycle batteries in our coach.  Then headed up a windy twisty road to the campground.  We set up camp in the rain, not a big deal with our RV.  On our first walk around the park with the dogs Jackie notice a young women struggling to set up a large tent in the rain.  She offered to help and the three of us got her set up.  She had a friend showing up several hours later and I guess, setting up camp was up to her.  Saturday after walking the dogs we went to town to find a bakery.  No luck, but we had a great lunch at Macs in Silverton.

     Sunday it was lightly raining but decided to go hiking the falls trails anyway.  The weather cleared up some and we had a great hike. However, shortly after we ate dinner Sunday night it started to rain, and rain hard all night.