One of the most fun things about being a full-time RVer and having a sister who works as a flight attendant is the number of places she’s been able to visit me on the road. Let’s see, she has stayed with me in Fredericksburg, TX; Desert Hot Springs, CA; Long Beach, WA (the first time […]
Workamping in Sumpter Oregon at the Sumpter Valley Gold Dredge was my favorite workamping experience to date. I enjoyed the work, the people, where I parked, the weather and the entire area. The picture highlights from the two months I spent there follow. Outside the Dredge It’s funny. Have you ever done this? I would […]
Last week, I introduced my two month workamping experience at the Sumpter Valley Gold Dredge in Sumpter, Oregon. Today, I want to share some of the special events that took place while I was there. For such a small town, half way up a mountain, your first thought was probably the same as mine. How […]
I spent two months in a tiny mountain town in Eastern Oregon called Sumpter. Population 200. It marked my fourth workamping assignment, my third in Oregon with Oregon State Parks. I left my month in John Day, Oregon, where I workamped at Kam Wah Chung and arrived at the historic Sumpter Valley Gold Dredge on […]
During my time as a tour guide at Kam Wah Chung, I found it hard to give more than two tours a day. I did okay with three, once in a while. But on the couple occasions where I did four, I was completely hoarse by the end of the day. On my tours, I […]
Before I give you the official “tour” of Kam Wah Chung, I thought I’d share some of the many photos I took of the place. This photo essay post will be bookended between last week’s post about my workamping experience at Kam Wah Chung and the tour itself. Sign on the main street of John […]