Trip to Mojave National Preserve

Today we drove into Mojave National Preserve and parked in Hole in the Wall Campground.

Uneventful drive along old route 66.

Our Campsite for the next few days.

Trip to Barstow, Ca

First Stop a very large fruit stand and orange processer.

California Oranges anyone.

Lots of wind farms

These wild looking vehicles are near the campground in Barstow.

Road Trip out of Napa into the SUNSHINE

Today we drove about 300 miles to get into the sunshine and the desert.

First one the the many bridges in the bay area.

Blue and Teri out for a walk.

Trip out of the Redwoods and on to Napa

Today we are getting out of the rain before the November storms start. Our destination is down Highway 101 past Windsor, Ca. Then turning east on Bitter Creek Road to the town of Calistoga, California on Highway 29 in the Napa Valley.

Campsite at Fortuna, California.

Then a stop at the Legend of Bigfoot at the southern end of the Redwoods. Gifts,Carvings, Souvenirs but very little on the Legend.

Then into wine country

Blue the happy traveler.

Avenue of the Giants

We drove the Avenue of the Giants trail through the Humboldt Redwoods State Park.

Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ferndale, the Victorian Town.

We moved the rig almost 100 miles today and camped at Fortuna. Then we went for a tour of Ferndale, the Victorian Town.

The weather is wet.

The downtown has kept most of their 1890-1910 homes and businesses. Mostly because they are built of local wood (redwood).

It was not the best day due to rain.

Trip to Crescent City, California

Today we made 30 miles on the Motorhome and drove all the way to Crescent City, California.

We stopped at the Tourist Booth and went for a tour of the redwoods called Jedediah Smith Redwoods. The trip was on a mostly one lane dirt twisty road and was wonderful.

This is the largest stump I saw.

The live trees are as wide as the car.

Then we are off to the Klamath River Overlook to do some whale watching. We had no luck with the whales but it was a wonderful view.

We saw larger than life people

We saw chainsaw art demonstration.

We stopped for the night next to the harbor and a ship repair business.