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Ocotillo in the Mojave desert
After a month of the gypsy life vacation in the desert I returned to southwest Oregon in the spring for a Park Ranger job leading cave tours at Oregon Caves National Monument.
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View of the Siskyou Mountains, Oregon
I couldn’t park at the monument like before because a new headquarters building was being built where the only two RV spaces had been.
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New headquarters building under construction
The first two months I parked on a friend’s property about four miles out of town.
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Cave Creek campground
Then I became the camp host at Cave Creek campground only four miles from work. There are only 18 tent sites and I was never more than half full. I listened to the every changing babble of the water as the summer wore on and the water level dropped. Cold water as it comes out of the 42 degree cave.
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My site at Cave Creek campground
Carson didn’t mind and would retrieve sticks for as long as I’d throw them.
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Carson in Cave Creek
The summer season seemed to slip right by and before I knew it was time to head south for the winter.
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