Camp Blanco RV Park

12/08/2024

Monthly RV Space Available
Camp Blanco RV Park in Port Orford has ONE monthly RV space available! Sunny, level, graveled space includes water, sewer, cable TV, garbage service, and Wi-Fi. $500 + electric. Walk to everything in town, 2 minutes to 4 beautiful beaches, trails, and stunning views. Clean, quiet, & safe park with grass and trees, a great reputation and reviews, on-site propane sales, and on-site host/manager. All in one of the most beautiful and historical towns on the Oregon coast. Message with questions or to apply.

12/06/2021

8 of us hit the town tonight to grab a meal and support one of our local eateries. We had a great dinner out at Port Orford's own "The Dive". Food was good, company was great as was the service. Mega tasty & unique burgers, generous portioned fish & chips - well seasoned and cooked right, and several other dishes were enjoyed. And if you leave this place hungry, well...you probably forgot to order something. Thank you Brian & Ashley and crew for doing a great job and working so hard in probably the toughest time to own and run a restaurant. You're doing awesome. See you again soon!

11/17/2021

Some of the hardest working and nicest people you'll ever know, live right here on the beautiful south coast of Oregon. Many days, well before your feet hit the bedroom floor and you even start to think about your morning coffee, these people suit up to jump in the water and begin another day of harvesting (literally) tons and tons of cranberries. We are blessed to know many of them. Cranberries are a pretty big deal here, one of the leading industries along this stretch of the coastline.

The Ells family of Port Orford and the Vierck family of Bandon are two of those farm families who spend weeks or months in the fall and early winter, bringing you some of the freshest and most tasty cranberries available anywhere. Our friends of over 18 years - Dan, Julie, and son Wyatt Ells devote many days and hours, along with Dan’s parents and his brother, working as a team to make it happen year in and year out. Likewise, our other good friends the Vierck family of Bandon, know first-hand the ins and out of this business, Scott and Edith, son & daughter Nick and Katy, and even the grandkids helping when they can. Both of these families work decades of long days running impressive operations throughout virtually every page of the calendar, contributing thousands of tons of quality product to our nation’s food market. There are many more, the McKenzies, the Puhls, the Jensens, and so many others - all hard working good people we’re lucky to have in our community.

After a year of growing, mowing, weeding, watering and fertilizing, It’s time for yet another “cranberry season”. The shallow bogs are flooded from holding ponds, and the berries are harvested from the vines below the water surface with a “bog beater” – a strange looking ride-on machine with a sort of paddle wheel that knocks them loose from the plant. Then, thousands of pounds of now loose and floating fresh berries are corralled onto conveyors that load them into trucks & trailers, and they leave their sandy-soiled home to start their journey to the buyer and processors. It’s a pretty fascinating process to watch, as the still waters of the submerged crop become a brilliant colorful layer of fruit blanketing the bog.

If you’re ever driving the scenic southern Oregon coast you’ll be sure to see some of these cranberry farms on your way – many right next to Highway 101. And, next time you open that can of cranberry sauce or that bottle of cranberry juice, you’ll know the life those berries lived before they hit your table.

08/06/2020

Why even mess with bangin' your shins on a tow bar, when you can......

08/05/2020

UPDATE ON CAPE BLANCO CLOSURE:
(LOCALS PLEASE SHARE)
Almost daily we get asked about the closure of the Cape Blanco State Park, and whether there will be access to the beach for the upcoming salmon season on the rivers.
Today I had a lengthy conversation with the head of our local State Parks, which includes Humbug Mtn. State Park and the Cape Blanco State Park and roughly 50 miles along our south coast. He’s a very nice man and was able to share in detail some of the reasoning for the closure at the Cape, and the challenges they are facing which many people don’t know about.

First of all, please understand that he WANTS the Cape open, and hates the fact that is has to be (temporarily) closed at all. Due to the Covid situation state budgets have been cut drastically from the legislative end, and they are operating currently on 1/3 of the normal staff, and far less than the allotted finances needed to supply the park with restroom supplies, etc.
On top of all of this, the level of theft and vandalism has been incredible. Unfortunately a 'select group' of people are showing up expecting to camp, then seeing the closure, are retaliating by damaging the park and property. Gates and fences have been cut up, destroyed and stolen up to a dozen times. Signs are being shot with shotguns over and over. Cameras have been destroyed or stolen. The 2000lb barriers meant to keep people out and protect the park since there is no staff to run it, have been repeatedly chained up, flipped over, and drug down the road. People have hiked in to camp and are using the park trails, campsites, and the gate areas as restrooms, and the historic Hughes House had been vandalized and had the door kicked in. The State Police have had to remove people camping and urinating and defecating on the park trails and even on the gates where the staff has to enter.

Until the local management is given the funding to re-open and properly staff and operate the grounds, in a manner where they can also protect the historic and natural treasures that make up the park, they are forced to keep it closed. It’s frustrating for everyone – including the park management and staff, most of whom live here locally as well and can do nothing about it. The park management was able to open Humbug on the budget they are given, and although he can’t promise anything concrete about opening Cape Blanco, he is working on it diligently as we speak, making repeated proposals to be able to open it as soon as possible. He is also working on a proposal to be able to allow our yearly salmon fishermen access to the beach and river through the state park, in the event that the park still cannot open fully before then. No guarantees there either, but please know they are doing everything they can to make that happen. So please be kind to these people – this is not their fault and they understand the frustration of the community. They want Cape Blanco open too, and they know how important it is to our local community.

01/26/2020

Take a look at #8 - we LOVE that place!!

From quaint coastal towns to picturesque pioneer communities, these small towns are positively enchanting.

01/10/2020

Winter is here, and this is the time to stay OFF the beaches. Enjoy the beauty of our coast, but from a safe distance.

The National Weather Service has issued a high surf warning for south central Oregon Coast and Curry County coast.

12/08/2019

It's never too late in the year to bust out the camper and hit the road for a refreshing winter RV road trip! And, in this dandy rig you can bring all the neighbors too!

11/28/2019

Happy Thanksgiving from Camp Blanco RV Park! We sure appreciate those of you who have stayed with us or are staying with us now. Enjoy your day with family & friends, and come see us soon on the beautiful southern Oregon coast!

11/05/2019

It's difficult to pinpoint exactly when the first "Toy Hauler" was born, but we believe this may just be the first one to exist.....