Moochdocking at its finest

We pulled out of Diamond Lake Thursday morning, 8/4, and have been making our way at a leisurely pace up Hwy 395. We stayed one night at Clyde Holliday State Park outside John Day, OR. Definitely an area we’d like to spend more time exploring. But with reservations at Glacier National Park we had to add it to our list of places to come back to. We spent Friday night at Umatilla Marina RV Park and then on to Spokane where the accommodations and company couldn’t have been better.

For those of you not familiar with RV terminology, “boondocking” refers to free camping, usually on public lands. “Moochdocking” is doing the same, but taking advantage of a free spot with friends/family.  In this case, we descended upon my good (and recently retired!) friend, Rand Young and his lovely wife, Erin. What an absolutely splendid time!

Moochdocking at its finest.

I’ve known Rand through work on juvenile justice initiatives for probably close to 15 years and have recently done my best to be a bad influence, encouraging him to join the ranks of the gainfully unemployed as soon as possible.  Rand and Erin have a gorgeous home with acreage just outside Spokane and Rand had invited us to “stop by anytime”, especially now that he is officially retired.

Feeling like a real VIP. :)

Gotta be careful with those open invitations!  We called from Diamond Lake, “Hey Rand, how’s it going? What’re doing Saturday?”  Rand graciously welcomed us over and we can’t speak highly enough about their hospitality. It was a fantastic evening, filled with good food, great conversation and shared interests. From the welcome sign at the end of the driveway, to the delicious BBQ salmon dinner, to the yummy breakfast of homemade granola and muffins – all I can say is, Wow! 

Thank you so much, we hope to see you again in a year!

Thanks Rand & Erin!