Contact info & cancellation policy for Railroad RV park in Dunsmuir

Erik, sorry to get this posted so late. However here is the contact info & cancellation policy for Railroad RV park in Dunsmuir. Thanks for taking care of this.

RV Park/Campground:  530-235-0420

Also it may be possible to register online. I was looking for the cancellation policy by going through the site map on their website and some kind of calendar came up. I'm just not sure if it was open to the public or meant to be an office reservation system.

A one night's deposit must be received 2 weeks prior to your stay, either by check or money order.
Cancellation must be made 1 week prior to your stay to receive a full refund, less a $5.00 processing fee

DAILY BASE RATES (Subject to Change)
Base rate includes 2 persons & 1 automobile. All extra persons $3 each/per night.
FULL HOOK-UP (Electric, water, and sewer) - $37.00

 

 

Railroad Park Resort

100 Railroad Park Road

Dunsmuir, California, 96025, United States

railroadparkresortoffice@gmail.com

(530) 235-4440

(530) 235-4064

Guess who Mom ran into at the grocery store?

You all remember Tor, Oysteins brother? Mom ran into him at the grocery store and did some catching up. Turns out he's working for King county, is married and has two kids, Aiden and Ander. Oldest is sixteen.

Mom says Tor would love to hear from all of us so I'm putting it on both blogs so I know Charlie can see it (even if he can't post).

I promised Mom I would send everyone an e-mail letting you know about Tor and giving his contact number. But really the post is more efficient so here it is.

Tor Lone
206 799-4593

Do you have a reservation?

I called Erik about reserving a campsite and we both felt that it was time to get something reserved. Erik said that we should check on a "no deposit" option or about cancellation charges.  Also we'll need to decide whose credit card we are using for the reservation and how we will split the charges when we get there.

Inquired with Dutcher Creek campground. ($55.00 per night) my first choice for wine country for two night (July 13, 14). Talked to a lovely person named Francis who said that how they do it is you pay in full up front. Cancellation policy was if you cancel more than 48hr prior to the reservation they refund with a  $10.00 cancellation fee. However Francis admitted to me that she does not actually collect the $10.00 because " it messes up my books and I don't know where to put it on the paperwork".  We both had a good laugh over this.

Francis mentioned that they had a swimming pool "for now" but that any day now they might be told to close it due to the drought.  Erik how would you feel about a little gentleman's wager? I'll bet you a lunch at In'N Out burger that the swimming pool at the campground we stay at our first night in wine county is closed. If it is closed you owe me a lunch at In'N Out but if it is open I owe you same. Are you up for it?

Called Novato, the other campground I posted in wine county, and got the answering service I'll try again tomorrow and post the results. We should make a reservation by this weekend.

Chrysler 300

We rented a Chrysler 300 in Hawaii. Nice car to drive. Accelerates very well and handles smoothly, at least compared to the XTERRA.

Nice to have a backup camera, and the proximity key is convenient. Took me awhile to realize the little button on the door handle locks/unlocks the doors if the key is nearby. Found the touch screen lacking, though I could get used to a navigation system.

Unrelatedly, I met a paramedic from the Seattle Fire Dept while hiking through a volcano crater. Took a photo with Dave Van V who knows Charles well.

Good news for summer travelers

Drivers can look forward to the lowest summer gas prices in 6 years; time to see the USA?

"NEW YORK — Drivers will see the lowest summer gasoline prices in about 6 years, according to the Energy Department.
The national average price is forecast to fall 32 percent from a year ago to $2.45 a gallon between April and September, the period when Americans do most of their driving. That would mark the lowest seasonal average since 2009"

I don't know about you guys but this sounds like a really good thing to me.

Announcement from Captain Obvious...

USA Today reports the following:

"California's snowpack is at historically low levels, a casualty of the state's wimpy winter and ongoing drought.
In Northern California, the Sierra Nevada snowpack's water content is at its lowest late-March level since records began in 1950, at just 6% of the late-March average, the California Department of Water Resources said Monday"

With the ongoing drought conditions in California I expect that no matter where we stay we will find fire restrictions in effect. Which of course means no campfires. Which means no wiener roasts, limited BBQ and of course no swimming pools. Plan accordingly.