The California Poppies that will cover the hillside in a few weeks (and that gives this beach its name) are just starting to appear, together with other Spring wildflowers.
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The adventures of a family of novice RV campers in Northern California.
Our Route
FEBRUARY 2010
Our goal was Death Valley. First we took US-101 south from the Bay Area to Pismo State Beach for two nights. Then we headed back up 101 a short way to pick up Highway 46 at Paso Robles. Medium hop down Interstate 5 down to Bakersfield in the Central Valley, and across on 58 towards Tehachapi. One night at the Sierra Trails RV Park in Mojave on Highway 14.
Loop up 14, 395 and 190 into Death Valley to Furnace Creek Visitor Area. We stayed there for four nights, then headed south again on 190, 127 and US-15 to Calico Ghost Town (and a campsite with full hookups!) for one night.
The plan was then to make a big push north on 58 and 99 up to Merced and the McConnell State Recreation Area; and finally a leisurely drive back to the Bay Area. In the event, the weather was bad so we abandoned our night at McConnell and kept going from Merced back into the Bay Area along I-580, I-880 and home.
We drove about 1,135 miles in all.
AUGUST 2009
We followed US-101 north out of the Bay Area, up to Calistoga (to the Bothe-Napa State Park), then further north up 101 to the Humboldt Redwoods State Park.
North some more on 101, crossing into Oregon to Ashland, via Medford, to take in "Alls Well That Ends Well" at the Ashland Shakespeare Festival and eat restaurant food.
A quick loop up to Crater Lake on highway 62; then a long drive south to Lassen Volcanic National Park on highways 97, 89 and 44; and finally down interstates 5, 505, 80, and 880 home.
Our goal was Death Valley. First we took US-101 south from the Bay Area to Pismo State Beach for two nights. Then we headed back up 101 a short way to pick up Highway 46 at Paso Robles. Medium hop down Interstate 5 down to Bakersfield in the Central Valley, and across on 58 towards Tehachapi. One night at the Sierra Trails RV Park in Mojave on Highway 14.
Loop up 14, 395 and 190 into Death Valley to Furnace Creek Visitor Area. We stayed there for four nights, then headed south again on 190, 127 and US-15 to Calico Ghost Town (and a campsite with full hookups!) for one night.
The plan was then to make a big push north on 58 and 99 up to Merced and the McConnell State Recreation Area; and finally a leisurely drive back to the Bay Area. In the event, the weather was bad so we abandoned our night at McConnell and kept going from Merced back into the Bay Area along I-580, I-880 and home.
We drove about 1,135 miles in all.
AUGUST 2009
We followed US-101 north out of the Bay Area, up to Calistoga (to the Bothe-Napa State Park), then further north up 101 to the Humboldt Redwoods State Park.
North some more on 101, crossing into Oregon to Ashland, via Medford, to take in "Alls Well That Ends Well" at the Ashland Shakespeare Festival and eat restaurant food.
A quick loop up to Crater Lake on highway 62; then a long drive south to Lassen Volcanic National Park on highways 97, 89 and 44; and finally down interstates 5, 505, 80, and 880 home.
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- Road photos updated
- The Kids' Favorite Things
- More Death Valley Photographs - Badwater
- More Death Valley Photographs - Salt Creek
- More Death Valley Photographs - Mosaic Canyon
- More Death Valley Photographs - Golden Canyon
- Blown Home by the Wind
- From Sand to Silver
- Roadrunner Love
- Salt and Pupfish
- Across - and in Some Cases, into - the Salt Flats ...
- Death Valley - Mosaic Canyon
- Mosaic Canyon (Thurs. Feb 18)
- All Quiet in Death Valley (Weds. February 17)
- Mojave Desert to Furnace Creek (Tuesday Feb 16)
- From Death Valley - Golden Canyon
- No connectivity :-(
- Ribbit
- Mojave Desert
- Pismo Beach to Mojave Desert via Teletubbyland
- Sunset Day 2
- Mountain of Gold
- Montana de Oro Beach Cave
- Montana de Oro Beach
- The Beach
- The Campsite
- Beach Day at Montana de Oro
- Bay to Breakers in less than four hours
- And we're off!
- Twelve hours and counting
- Preparing for the off
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Useful RV info websites
Other Travel Websites
Our Mobile Library
- Coastal California (Lonely Planet Guides, 2007)
- Day Hikes in Oahu, Robert Stone (Day Hike Books, 2001)
- Frommer's Honolulu, Waikiki & Oahu (11th Ed, 2010)
- Frommer's Oregon (Wiley, 2008)
- The Rough Guide to California (Rough Guides, 2000)
- The Unofficial Guide to California with Kids by Colleen Dunn Bates and Susan LaTempa (Wiley, 2007)
- West Coast RV Camping by Tom Steinstra (Moon Outdoors, 2009)
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2 comments:
Little Starlet took these photos.
And what jolly photos they are too! Quite the photographer...
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