We stopped in Roseburg for 3 days, camped in the Douglas County Fairgrounds beside the Umpqua River. Many towns use part of their fairground acreage for camping, which makes a lot of sense. Some fairgrounds may get lots of use besides the fair itself but many don't. The nightly fee is $20 with full hookups, a good rate. It's kinda noisy though. The freeway is 1/4 mile away, as is the grandstand and racetrack; they've had car races or time trials the last 2 nights.
Parked beside us is a large old travel trailer, occupied by a small 40ish woman who has 6 dogs and an unknown number of pigeons or doves. She has a large crew cab pickup with a custom animal carrier like a dogcatcher or humane society rig. The dogs and doves spend the night in/on the pickup, dogs inside, doves on top in ventilated plastic crates. She drives the pickup away every morning, returning in the evening. We haven't talked to her, have no idea what she does with all the critters although we're curious.
This is the home of Umpqua ice cream, a brand you've probably never seen or eaten unless you've lived in one of the west coast states. It's very good stuff, a premium brand. And it's hormone-free. No doubt that's reassuring to the hormone-phobic gang. I'm not a member of that gang. There's enough food caveats out there to scare the crap out of everybody in the universe. If you tried to follow all the guidelines you'd starve to death in short order. If the skeeters don't get you, the gators will.
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