You’ve Arrived! CampHost Chronicles

Recounting my sordid love affair with the Oregon State Parks, being a camp host, loving life in the PNW, and reveling in the whole big outdoors.

My thoughts are my own. The Oregon State Parks should not be blamed in any way. They should be congratulated for letting the likes of me trod their soil.

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Denice Bradbury

Aug 21, 20225 min read

Chapt. 4: A Summary of our South Beach Summer: Adventures happened both without and within

We embarked on our camp hosting journey because we want to spend more time in our phenomenal Oregon State Parks and their environs. Of...

Denice Bradbury

Aug 11, 20224 min read

Chapt. 3 The (Golf Cart) Rubber Meets the Road . . . Work Begins

Duly oriented on safety and park protocols, we plunged headfirst into learning the duties we were expected to perform to earn the...

Denice Bradbury

Aug 8, 20224 min read

Chapt. 2 Meeting a Range of Rangers: We get some swell swag and lots of keys

First of all – park rangers are every bit as great as you think they are. More on this later, but one of my first impressions as we sat...

Denice Bradbury

Aug 7, 20224 min read

Chapt. 1 How I Found My Way Outdoors (Or, in the PNW those damned vistas are everywhere)

If you had told me 10 years ago that I’d be longing to go camping, not to mention happily cleaning up other people’s campsites, I would...

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About me, if you don't already know

Thanks for reading. For the uninitiated . . . don't venture forward unless you're cool with irreverence, maybe an f-bomb or six, and other atrocities. I also have a sensitive side, which you may also discover. I'm a former Midwestern girl. I wanted to leave there since I was 16. It finally happened in 2015 (I'm a bit past 16) when we moved to eastern Washington and a couple of years later to Portland, OR. I've been reveling in all things PNW ever since. No apologies for gushing about the lifestyle difference. It's warranted, trust me.

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