Tuesday, June 16, 2026

Day 13 - Sun River, OR - TT

Tuesday - Another travel day to Sun River, OR. We are staying at the Thousand Trails campground just for one night. This is the first TT park we ever stayed at after storing the 5th wheel there for a couple of months. We are now seeing (and consuming) $5+ gas. Diesel is almost $6. I don’t think the price is slowing people down but may have reduced the number of RVs on the road. Most of the RV parks have been pretty empty. 

Hwy 20 through eastern OR is pretty nice. Some hills and mostly two lane. The truck speed limit is 60mph, though many are going faster than that. But we can go just above that and are rarely tailgated. 

We are in the “C” loop this time. We usually opt for other loops as the sites were longer. We needed that for the class A. Setup was trivial. A couple of blocks under the front tires and connect power. We still have plenty of water in the onboard tank. 

Our SoC was down to 55% this morning and driving plus solar added about 20% by the time we arrived. We ran the generator during our lunch stop as I wanted to run the microwave. With the absorption fridge on electric, the compressor freezer, plus StarLink, we are drawing about 550watts. We could turn everything off and run the microwave but it’s easier to just start the generator. I’m not philosophically opposed to generators, as some other RVers are.


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