The drive from Eugene to Medford, near Emigrant Lake, goes through forested mountains surrounding Mt Shasta and Grants Pass, so maybe a bit of snow in winter, but it is a very pretty drive.
Emigrant Lake is usually full of water. (It has also been mostly full of smoke for the past year because this is one of the hardest hit fire areas, but that is another story.) Right now, the fires are mostly out, but the lake is almost dry, the water from the past year having been pumped out for agricultural uses. It will fill up again in the winter, but here is the overflow area--not much to overflow right now!
The row of RVs is usually on the shore of the lake.
There is a second row of camping spots behind this row and about 20' higher, so all sites have very good views.
Just a large puddle right now!
It's a very long drive down the boat ramp to the lake. And really, the only boats I saw in the last few days were a couple of canoes and a rowing team practicing. You can see where the lakeshore normally is by the lack of vegetation.
There is one car way down at the bottom.
There are actually two campgrounds on this lake and a water slide. My campground has paved sites and full hookups, but the other one is dry camping only, meaning to water or electric hookups. It is closed for the season, as is the water slide.
I used my telephoto lens to take this photo of my rig in the distance. There are about 30 sites full hookup sites, and the camphosts told me that even if it is only 50% full, this is the busiest they have been all summer, due to the smoke conditions. They even closed the water park most of the summer because smoke levels were hazardous here.
Another photo of my campsite on the upper level. Good cell service, and hence good internet access here, plus an easy satellite signal--all things I value!
My reservation in the upper loop ended today, so I decided to try one of the lower sites that had a better view of the lake. I claimed this site and then headed to town to get some groceries. This was taken in very late afternoon, so very long shadows.
I had noticed on my way in here a few days ago that there was a rowing club boathouse and stacks of boats parked on the other end of the lake. They are very long, but not much more than 15" wide. Here is a crew practicing. Note that the person in the rear is not rowing. Instead, she is calling out instructions to the rowers, who all looked pretty young. There is a college in town, so I assume this is a college group.
And the guy in this little boat had some sort of megaphone that he used to give them directions. The rowing boat looks at least 50' long, I am guessing.
Almost sunset, so time to head home from my short walk.
Most campers this time of year are older retirees, with a few younger people on long vacations tossed in. That makes for a very quiet group.
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