Ep. 312: East Park Reservoir, California | RV travel camping kayaking
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- Опубликовано: 19 июл 2024
- In this week's Grand Adventure we're camping and kayaking at East Park Reservoir in the northwestern Sacramento Valley of northern California. It's a beautiful place, surprisingly remote, and eminently affordable. There's not much sightseeing available in the area, so East Park Reservoir is a place where you go to relax and enjoy nature's beauty.
Filmed: June 4-9, 2023
CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
0:49 East Park Reservoir camping
9:04 East Park Reservoir kayaking
13:32 Wrap-up and what's next
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* East Park Reservoir visitcolusacounty.com/
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That shot of deer/elk was absolutely epic. Lake lake lake... field field and then bam!
Elk. Freakin' huge elk.
A gem of a place. But do not be seduced, it can be in the 100's and packed and rowdy at times. Timing is everything.
Well then, we got very lucky. Thanks for that!
You find the coolest places
Thanks Ritchie!
This video has to rate as one of your best!! You captured it Bro👍👍👍…..a beautiful lake surrounded by golden rolling hills, oak trees, wildlife and serenity❤️ Starting off in the video about it being a place to “relax”…..do a little kayaking and then finish up in the hammock and watch the sunset……nicely done!!
Thanks bud, I sincerely appreciate that.
Beautiful and awesome!!!!
Thank you Jesi!
Really lovely place! As always thorough info with excellent filming!
Thank you as always!
Looks like a great place to be! Thanks for great video Marc!
Thank you, and thanks so much for watching!
lol... last week I thought you had the ultimate campsite...and it was great...but this one is right up there as well. As always, safe travels...
Thank you Shawn! It was a wonderfully relaxing place to spend the week, which we sure appreciated.
East Park Reservoir, Stony Gorge Reservoir & Black Butte Lake, all three in my back yard and beautiful in their own ways.
You have a wonderful back yard. Thanks for watching!
Great video as always. I live just an hour and a half away. Thanks Don
Glad you enjoyed it Don, thank you. And now you have a new local getaway.
So sorry I missed your live stream but I am watching it now 👍
We're happy to have you there no matter when or where, thanks so much!
For a not much of a sightseeing area this was sure pleasing to sightsee. I didn't know a place like this exists in the lower 48 let alone California. Quite a nature show and with the cattails I can only imagine the wonderful sounds at night. Thanks
Glad you enjoyed it Doug, thank you!
Been camping at this lake for over 30yrs.. It was free till a few yrs ago. Very pretty.
Well, it's still very reasonable and we don't begrudge them the opportunity to recoup some of the maintenance expenses. We had a wonderful stay.
This park looks great! I haven't planned a trip to California yet but I see it in my future.
It's admittedly expensive wandering around the state, and I mean expensive for everything. However, there's an enormous amount to see, and it is extremely diverse.
Now that's a really nice area but strange that it was so empty, but that's sometimes the best places, looks again very relaxing next to the water, bet you spent alot of time kayaking, enjoy and travel safe
Yes it was, Gary. Thank you, and same to you!
Another great spot. Looking forward to touring the west coast next year.
Thank you Leigh! We make a Pacific Coast run every few years, we enjoy it that much.
@@GrandAdventure we are in the extraordinary Colorado after a few weeks in Portugal and Ireland. Loved Portugal but happy to be back. Colorado is going to be hard to leave
@@leighmcqueeney9848 yes it is.
We have been looking for something in that general area when traveling up north and now we know! Thanks for making this - another great production!
Our pleasure, thank you! We're thrilled to provide you with a new spot.
Another great episode, excellent filming techniques, thanks Mark, we will be waiting and watching. Thomas
Thank you as always, Thomas!
Can't believe I missed the live showing. But I have watched it and it gets a thumbs up from me.
Thank you Dian! It matters little to us when you watch, we're just happy to have you here.
A beautiful area! I hunt that area sometimes: lots of walking. Nice for hiking, just remember to wear long pants(ticks). It does get very hot later in the summer.
We can imagine, Kurt. We knew we'd have one hot day when we got there. Day one was 95, which is why the generator was connected. After that one day, however, the rest of the week was below normal.
Yep, we found ticks in the tall grass. Heard it's snakey, too, but didn't see any rattlesnakes ourselves.
You must of been there early in the year and during the week. In the summertime, EPR is packed with campers, boaters, and lots of jet skiers. You got lucky.
We were there in late June, but for a full week, Sunday to Sunday. It was quiet as a church mouse midweek, but even on the weekend it never got crazy busy. In fact, many of the kayaking scenes in the video were shot on a Saturday.
I think the parade starts mid to late June after school is out. They don’t accept reservations until the lake is 50% full. I’m sure you still saw some jet skiers while you were there. I just found your channel and it is amazing. Thank you!
@@GiantsNinerFan56we're thrilled to have you along, thank you very much!
Thanks for the heads up. Been up that way a lot but never checked EPR out.
It's definitely worth the detour.
Just catching up. Was on my own Grand Adventure to a Delaware SP.
Fantastic, Bert! Hope you had a Grand time!
Would be nice to know in your boondocking or dry camping videos if generators are allowed times they are allowed, also being there was no water or sewer hookups where can you get water and dump. We don’t like traveling with full water tanks but can stop and fill up. We stayed at Island Park in the BigHorn Mountains and water as well as dump was available about 10 miles away, but very mountainous so carting full load of water coming in and full black and gray leaving was interesting with the weight in the mountain roads.
Thank you for your videos I enjoy them
Feedback noted, thank you very much for that!
Thanks... this was a very relaxing video, Marc. Loved the area.
Did you end up circumnavigating the whole shoreline around the reservoir. It looked like it might take about thirty minutes to drive around the reservoir, using the network if access roads.
I liked the lighting with the moody skys overhead.
Great to hear that the lake filled up to capacity this year with the mountain snow melt.
Gord
Gord, many of the roads visible on satellite or maps are blocked off and no longer used. We found it impossible to circumnavigate the lake by road. North of where we camped, Campground Road which runs up the east side now dead ends. You can round the south end of the lake through Lodoga and drive up to Stonyford, through which you access the camping on the west side of the lake, but there's no way to go north or south of the camping areas along the lakeshore.
@@GrandAdventure Marc,
It sounds like people might have been abusing the full road by going too fast, so they blocked it off to discourage that.
This happens when things dry up and people don't come to camp there. Others find the spot and start using it for their own purposes.
Just guessing at why they world do that. It doesn't make sense. Having access all the way around would have been great.
Actually, I was referring to kayaking around the whole shoreline circumference.
Gord
@@gorrdd oh, I misunderstood. My morning paddle included in this video was from our campsite northwest to the dam and back, a round-trip distance of about 5.5 miles.
@@GrandAdventure Yeah... that's plenty of paddling. No need to go further. That's a very good size reservoir.
Gord
Pretty area! I think those Western Grebes that swam past you at about 9:55 were trying to figure out what to do about you. LOL!
They sure were, especially as one as carrying a small fish. I'm not a birder, but I was left wondering if they were western grebes or Clark's grebes.
@@GrandAdventure The black cap on Western Grebes cover their eyes, where on a Clark's Grebe, the eyes are in the white part of the face. Best as I could tell in your video the eyes were part of the black cap.
@@KelleyTexas Thanks for clearing that up!
We have traveled the area several times going to and coming from Oregon...With relatives in Portland , Garibaldi/Tillamook and Crescent City...We like to head from the bay area up I-5 to Portland to visit , then cut across to the Oregon coast (Have gone several different routes to do this) and do the HWY 101 down the coast all the way back to HWY 20 (Clear Lake area) where we cut back across from Hwy 101 to I-5 then home spending nite at a Casino in Nice Ca. at Clear Lake...Have never been to this reservoir though probably because its a 30 mile drive from I-5.....Looks like a nice peaceful spot...Have to put this one in the memory bank....We have so many free over nite stops we take advantage of when traveling on these trips to Oregon...Am a YUGE fan of the Oregon State Parks such as Harris Beach in Brookings and Sunset bay in Charleston/Coos Bay/ N. Bend....Casino camping is big for us on these trips also...Looking forward to seeing where you are next week AND ESPECIALLY when you make it to Oregon...Travel safe and may all be well....
You bet, and thank you! Next week's episode was filmed along the Redwood Coast in Klamath, and this week we're actually staying in Charleston in a very unique spot just down the road a couple of miles from Sunset Bay. Not an overly picturesque spot or ideal campsite, mind you, but the situation is quite unique and enjoyable for that reason.
@@GrandAdventure We always stop in the Klamath area coming from Crescent City....I get my gas and CHESTERS CHICKEN there LOL....I even have a picture of me kissing the butt of one of the Golden Bears on the bridge there....
@@akgobears 😄And yep, I had some chicken from Pen-Mey one day for lunch.
@@GrandAdventure ATTA BOY !!!
Hi Marc, what a beautiful place! I think it is just a perfect camping spot! Always enjoy the kayaking, it is almost like being there. Thanks for another fun video! Safe travels!
Our pleasure Joyce, thank you very much!
Pretty reservoir and my kind of camping. Remote & no neighbors. Lol.
You would've loved it there. A few folks showed up for the weekend after we wrapped up filming, but still...plenty of elbow room and virtually no one else there during the week.
thanks Marc, now on my bucket list and to check out all the other places on the west side of the Sacramento Valley that I never considered to check out.
Excellent, Joe! It's certainly worth the detour.
I know that you have advertised for Brooklyn bedding in the past.
FYI they won't / don't honor letters or prescriptions from Dr.'s to take care of the taxes.
That would be worth mentioning in your ads.
Appreciate that feedback, thank you.
Marc, great relaxing episode. I live 30ish minutes away from the reservoir. I can't believe I've never heard of this place. I think I'm going to at least jump on the Harley and do a day trip. Thank you, sir! -Darin
Wow, Darin! I'm thrilled that we were able to introduce you to such a great new spot so close to home. You'll love it up there.
Great video, Marc! I was wondering how long your 5th wheel is? After watching your trip to Ocean Cove, I want to go! I have a Bighorn that is 35 feet in length. I have traveled Highway 1 many times in a car, never with my RV. Safe travels, Marc.
Thanks Richard! Our fiver is 32'11"; however, our truck is a virtual aircraft carrier with the long bed and crew cab, so overall length may be similar to your rig. It's doable.
Thanks, Marc! I have a crew cab short bed, and I've traveled all over Oregon, Washington, Utah, and Nevada with my wife. She passed away, so I don't travel as much as I want to. Safe travels to you!
@@richardmeppen5735 I'm very sorry for your loss. Here's to continuing to travel in her memory for as much and as long as you can.
Great place to kayak! Is it motor-free on the lake?
It is not motor-free, but really ... even on the weekend there were so few on the water that it might as well have been.
Marc, loved your post (as usual). We are partially (a few months a year) based in way south SoCal (although currently on the coast in Oregon having been up in the Puget Sound area for the past month and before that about a half month in Eastern Oregon). Would have loved to bump into you on the road in CA (or anywhere) and thank you for your excellent content. Never heard of East Park Reservoir, but following this vlog will have to give it a week of R&R or so on our next run up to the PNW. Would a diesel pusher make it back to this spot okay? We prefer to boondock, as do you, just don’t have the ground clearance that you do in your 5’er and new Ford truck.
You'd have no issue whatsoever, Gerald. The last 10 miles or so of the paved Sites Lodoga Road has more patches than original asphalt, so it's hardly smooth. But it's nevertheless a normal road. The Campground Road itself is gravel but extremely well cared for and graded -- far smoother than the asphalt on Sites Lodoga, actually.
Keep your eye out, for we're now on the Oregon Coast northbound.
@@GrandAdventure , we are currently in a marina campground in Winchester Bay. I will be looking for your rig! Safe travels Marc (and Mrs. GA).
@@geraldsouthard7092 we are frightfully close. We're currently in Charleston, OR just south of you, moving to Newport over the weekend.
How far was the closest store
Aside from the tiny general store shown in the video, it's 55 minutes away each way in Willows. So arrive well-provisioned.
Did you have any cell signal?
Very little, so we were using Starlink for WiFi calling and data.
MAYBE THE LACK OF UTILITY HOOK UPS KEEP THE CAMPERS AWAY, IDK. HOPE YOU FIND A DUMP STATION. THAT BE A LIMITING FACTOR. THIS TIME OF YEAR I'M SURPRISED HOW EMPTY IT IS. SOMETHING GOING ON IN CALIFORNIA THEY'RE TELLING US? WHEN WE MEET UP I'LL SHARE SOME EXCITING NEWS
I look forward to that, bud!