I was ready to be done driving for the day so we went to Juniper Point Campground at Fred Hayes at Starvation Lake State Park.

I cooked up some steak and boiled some eggs for some deviled eggs later this weekend.

This place is also a POTA park (US-3092 – Fred Hayes at Starvation State Park) for amateur radio. I activated it with 33 unique contacts and 35 contacts total on FT8. I was the first person to do digital radio here too and the 10 person to activate this park. I used a 44 foot 26 awg wire and a fiberglass push-up pole leaned against the ambulance for my antenna.

After my activation Gayla and I walked around during sunset and down by the lake.

Evidently this place is frequented with rattlesnakes, scorpions, black widow spiders and coyotes. Gayla is glad we’re not sleeping on the ground anymore.