Jantzen Beach RV Park

We arrived here at Jantzen Beach RV Park located on Hayden Island in Portland, Oregon on August 2 and will be here for 8 days to visit our son Matt and our granddaughter Danika.  Our site had full hookups including 50 amp electric, water, and sewer.  Our site was relatively level, but very tight.  We did have cellular reception and satellite reception.  As in most RV parks I have visited the wifi was unusable.  Many full time residents in this park, which was fine as the park was well maintained except the trash dumpsters seemed to be always full.  We paid about $29 per night with good sam discount.  I rate this park P***.

Matt only worked 3 days while we visited, one of which was the day we arrived.  So we got to spend some quality time with him and Danika.  We drove down to Coos Bay to pick up Danika on August 3 which was an 8 hour round trip excursion.  Matt does this every weekend.  We visited the Oregon Science Museum one day which was set up for children.  Danika ran from one venue to the other the whole time we were there.  I think she enjoyed the sand box the best.  One day we visited a train museum and that was interesting with old steam powered trains from the late 1800’s.  We took Danika and Buddy to a park one day where Buddy played with other dogs and got in a good unleashed run.  Danika played with some other children on slides and swings.  We also went to Battleground State Park where Damika and Buddy went for a swim in the river.  It was quite low though and we had some snacks before heading to Joe’s Crab Shack, a seafood restaurant on the Columbia River.  Matt & I shared a bucket of lobster, crab, shrimp, sausage, potatoes, and corn on the cob and washed it down with some local craft beers.  Danika opted for mac and cheese (go figure) and Aggie had halibut.  We also went to a park to play miniature golf and Matt and Danika also drove some inter tubes that squirted water at other riders.  It was very warm out and they dried out pretty quickly.

The motor home got a much needed wash and wax, and I repaired our tow hitch as the rubberr covers that protect the bars had cracked, which left one side unprotected from the elements.  We had a couple overcast days while we were there but just a little rain.  Most days were sunny and warm in the upper 80’s and 90’s