June 26, 2015 Travel day- Redwoods at Humboldt Redwoods State Park

Friday, June 26, 2015-Travel day to Humboldt Redwoods State Park

As planned we pulled out of the campground at 6am.  Traffic was pretty light but as we approached San Francisco the traffic lights slowed us down not the traffic.  As we got up on the bridge we could barely see the vehicles in front of us.  The fog was that thick but as we got to the other side the sun was seen and the fog was behind us.  As we continued traveling north on US 101 the terrain started to change.  We started to see river beds with some water still flowing in them.  We were seeing bigger and greener trees and after 3 or 4 hours we really started to see the redwoods trees.

Jeff and Amy are at different campground in the park than we are.  They were at Hidden Springs at the south end of the park.  So they turned off as we continued up the road for another 10 miles.  We will meet up with them around noon tomorrow.  This is where it gets very interesting.  We missed our turn by about 5 miles and Mike had to do a u turn in the middle of town.  Not a big town and we did disconnect the car.  With me leading the way we found the correct turnoff and at the beginning of this turn off was a sign stating “Motor Homes And Trailers Not Advised”.  Well….we had reservations so we continued.  I was in front with my flashers on and Mike driving VERY CAREFULLY and I mean very carefully.  I am going to let Mike write the next paragraph as it was a pretty a nerve wracking 5 mile ride to the campground.

It was really, really tight. The road is curvy and in some spots not enough room for 2 cars to pass without one of them pulling off the road. Add the extra width of the motorhome and it is really tight. The worst area is where the big redwoods are right at the edge of the road across from each other and the worst of all is where these two trees are so close that there is only about 6 inches of space from the trees to either side of the roof. It was made worse by blind curves and cars meeting me there. But Pat did a great job of guiding me through and warning me of the oncoming traffic. Now I just have to make it out of here on Monday morning.

Sunrise on the mountains

Entrance to Golden Gate Park

Golden Gate Bridge in the fog

Starting to see Redwoods

Nice bridge among the trees

First glimpse of the Redwoods up close

A couple of deer visiting at our campsite

Our campsite among the trees

Up close at our campsite

Believe the signs!!!!!!

Our car going through the tightest of trees to campground

Jeff and Amy's site