One of the most beautiful and remote places we have enjoyed in our RV travels is the eastern part of Oregon. The Wallowa Mountains are a little visited treasure that hug the sparkling clear waters of Wallowa Lake. Nestled at the base of the mountains near the lake is the charming village of Joseph, home to just 1,000 residents. How remote is this area? Joseph is 6 miles from the next town, Enterprise, which is home to just 2,000 residents!
The October 2015 issue of Trailer Life Magazine features our article about the many wonderful things there are to see and do in eastern Oregon.
Trailer Life Magazine – September 2015
Article by Emily Fagan, Photos by Emily & Mark Fagan
Trailer Life Magazine has posted the article online here: Out Yonder in Oregon
What makes the Wallowa Mountains and the town of Joseph unique is that they lie at the end of the road rather than along a road that leads to somewhere else. On the way there, Baker City is a wonderful town to visit, and if you go in June, you can watch the fabulous finale of a four day bicycle stage race that winds all through the city streets while sipping a beer in a front row seat outside a brewpub.
Once in the Wallowas, there are unusual rides — one on a bicycle railcar on the old narrow gauge train tracks in the valleys and another on a tram that goes up to the top of the mountains — and there is beautiful lakeside camping, a town full of exquisite bronze sculptures and hikes among the wildflowers on the mountain tops.
Our blog posts from our RV travels in this area can be seen at these links:
- On the road to Baker City, Oregon 07/08/14
- Baker City Cycling Classic 07/11/14
- Joseph, Oregon – At Heaven’s Door! 07/15/14
- Joseph Branch Railriders – What a ride! 07/19/14
- Wallowa Lake Tramway – Into the Alps! 07/23/14
- Hurricane Creek Wildflowers – Enterprise OR 07/30/14
- Hell’s Canyon – A Gorgeous Gorge! 08/07/14
Hiking into the peaks above cute little Joseph, Oregon. We’ll be back!
Trailer Life Magazine was one of the first RV magazines to be published and first appeared on newsstands in 1941. When we watched the old 1954 movie The Long Long Trailer starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, we were surprised to see images of 1950’s era issues of Trailer Life magazine in the movie!!
For both new RVers and old pros alike, this is a good magazine to learn various RV tech tips, get inspired to travel to different destinations across the country and stay in touch with the latest developments in the world of towable rolling homes. Subscriptions to Trailer Life are available here.
We have published several articles in Trailer Life Magazine, and you can read them all at this link.
For another perspective on RV travel to the Wallowa Mountains in Oregon and for more beautiful photos from the town of Joseph, check out the four blog posts written by Nina Fussing from the RV blog Wheeling It.
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Congrats on the Trailer Life article! It reminds me that my dad wrote an article that appeared in Trailer Life about 1951 when my parents and their four children (I was about 5 years old at the time) shared a 17-foot Trotwood travel trailer all the way from Indiana to Ft. Myers Beach for two weeks. We were on the cover of the magazine that month!
What a thrill that must have been, Margaret! I can’t imagine two parents and four kids in a 17 foot travel trailer for two weeks, but then, in the mid 1960’s, my family (2 kids at the time) spent 2 weeks on a 24′ sailboat in the BVI — and of course we kids loved every minute of it. We didn’t make any magazine covers, though. Thanks for the story!