Travel from Meyers Flat to Crescent City, California

We drove our coach 140 miles, about three hours of driving, from Meyers Flat, California to Crescent City, California.

Here’s the map route, heading north:

Route

An interactive map, with potential and actual stops:

Ready to depart:

Ready to depart

Not the most successful departure, though; it was a rather tight corner getting out of the site, between a couple of signs, so we had to disconnect the truck so we could back up and try again:

A tight corner

Toading up

Another sharp corner at the exit:

Another sharp corner

Outside the RV park was a rather sketchy road:

Sketchy road

Sketchy road

7% downgrade:

7% downgrade

Eel River:

Eel River

Bridge:

Bridge

For the first time ever, we stopped at a casino for lunch. We parked behind another coach in the parking lot of Bear River Casino in Loleta, California:

Parked at Bear River Casino

Bear River Casino

Bear River Casino

Menu

Restaurant

Food

Back on the road:

Bear River Casino

Interesting murals in Eureka:

Mural

Mural

Mural

A rest area stop:

Rest area

Inside the coach with slides in:

Inside the coach with slides in

Low clouds:

Low clouds

Entering Redwood National and State Parks:

Entering Redwood National and State Parks

Damaged building:

Damaged building

Klamath River bridge:

Klamath River bridge

Roadworks with a temporary bridge:

Roadworks

Roadworks

Trees of Mystery:

Trees of Mystery

Ocean:

Ocean

More one-way roadworks:

Roadworks

Roadworks

Redwoods:

Redwoods

Redwoods

We tried a Pacific Pride fuel station, to see if it’d work, but it didn’t (which was fine, we didn’t need it, just wanted to try it, since our Open Roads fuel card is the same network, but Pacific Pride is more picky):

Pacific Pride

Arriving at our destination:

Destination

Destination

Destination

Fresh tank flush

Every six months we sanitize the pipes and fresh water tank in our coach using diluted bleach.

As part of that process, we run the water though the taps, down the drains, then flush them out with fresh water.

But to get the last of the bleachy water out of the fresh tank, I open the fresh tank drain. But I don’t want to just dump that water on the ground, so I rigged up a temporary pipe and quick-connect to hook up to the sewer pipe via the hose sewer rinse cap:

Fresh tank drain

Fresh tank drain

Plumbing

Avenue of the Giants, Humboldt Redwoods State Park

We enjoyed a couple of drives along the Avenue of the Giants in Humboldt Redwoods State Park. Firstly heading north from Meyers Flat:

Redwoods

Redwoods

We stopped at the visitor center, with quite a character volunteer, super-fascinated by Jenn’s passport stamp book:

Visitor center

Visitor center

A wooden log RV:

Visitor center

Visitor center

Visitor center

Visitor center

Visitor center

A nice walk through the Gould Grove Nature Loop Trail:

Gould Grove Nature Loop Trail

Gould Grove Nature Loop Trail

Gould Grove Nature Loop Trail

Gould Grove Nature Loop Trail

Gould Grove Nature Loop Trail

Gould Grove Nature Loop Trail

Gould Grove Nature Loop Trail

Gould Grove Nature Loop Trail

Gould Grove Nature Loop Trail

Gould Grove Nature Loop Trail

Gould Grove Nature Loop Trail

Gould Grove Nature Loop Trail

Gould Grove Nature Loop Trail

Gould Grove Nature Loop Trail

Gould Grove Nature Loop Trail

Gould Grove Nature Loop Trail

Gould Grove Nature Loop Trail

Gould Grove Nature Loop Trail

Gould Grove Nature Loop Trail

Gould Grove Nature Loop Trail

Gould Grove Nature Loop Trail

Bridge in Rio Dell:

Bridge in Rio Dell

We had lunch at Scotia Lodge in Rio Dell:

Scotia Lodge for lunch

Scotia Lodge

Scotia Lodge

Scotia Lodge


The next morning we went to the local coffee shop, The Daily Grind… a cute shop, but unfortunately undrinkably bitter coffee:

The Daily Grind

The Daily Grind

The Daily Grind

The Daily Grind

Then a drive south along the Avenue of the Giants:

Avenue of the Giants

Avenue of the Giants

Avenue of the Giants

Avenue of the Giants

Avenue of the Giants

Avenue of the Giants

Avenue of the Giants

Giant Redwoods RV & Cabin Destination

We stayed at Giant Redwoods RV & Cabin Destination in Myers Flat, California. (Campground Reviews listing.)

Camping next to a river amongst the big redwoods.

Dates:

  • Check in: 2023-05-07
  • Check out: 2023-05-10
  • 3 nights

Weather:

  • Cloudy and drizzle
  • High temps ranging between 56-63°F, lows around 39-42°F
  • A little wind in the shelter of redwood trees

Noise:

  • No freeway noise
  • No road noise
  • No train noise
  • Negligible neighbor noise

Site:

  • #35, pull-through, grass
  • Didn’t need to disconnect toad; parked behind coach
  • Level
  • Large site: about 80 feet long by about 45 feet wide
  • Fire pit & picnic table on grass
  • Tall trees

Utilities:

  • 50 amp power, conveniently located
  • 20 PSI water, conveniently located
  • No sewer

Internet (in usage priority order):

  • Campground Wi-Fi: 7 Mbps down, 7 Mbps up 55 ms ping
  • AT&T: 40-48 Mbps down, 8 Mbps up, 28 ms ping
  • Verizon: 48-56 Mbps down, 2-9 Mbps up, 36-55 ms ping
  • T-Mobile: 41 Mbps down, 10 Mbps up, 50 ms ping, unreliable
  • Starlink: 10 Mbps down, 7 Mbps up, 70 ms ping, obstructed and unreliable

Amenities:

  • Garbage dumpsters

Our review on Campground Reviews:

Beautiful along the river

Do not let the sketchy road to the park deter you; this is an idyllic campground amongst trees and along the river. We had a “big rig” site with power & water only. Even though we were on a grassy surface, our site was wonderfully level. None of our cell carriers worked particularly well, and Starlink was a no-go under the trees, but the campground Wifi was decent enough to work during our stay.

I put “big rig” in quotes because, although our site was plenty long and wide, it was a tricky corner to get out of when we left, requiring a lot of finesse to dodge the trees and signposts on either side of the road. We camped at Giant Redwoods RV & Cabin Destination in a Motorhome.

Tip for Other Campers: Avenue of the Giants is a must-do. One of the best trails to see huge trees is just across the road from the Humboldt State Park Visitor Center. Don’t bother with the coffee shop in Myers Flat; I’m not bitter, their coffee is.

Interactive map:

Things to do booklet and campground map:

Map

Our site:

Our site

Our site

Our site

Our site

Paladin watching a family of quail outside our door:

Paladin watching quail

Quail

Entrance:

Entrance

Entrance

A cute little garden between the entrance and office:

Garden

Garden

Office:

Office

Office

Other sites:

Other sites

Other sites

Cabins:

Cabins

Bathrooms:

Bathrooms

Dump station:

Dump station

Dog park:

Dog park

Path to the river:

Path to river

A wide area of riverstones:

River and stones

South Fork Eel River:

River

River

River

River

River

River

River

River

We had fun “collecting” interesting rocks — just taking pictures (“take only photographs, leave only footprints”):

Interesting rocks

Rocks

Rocks

Rocks

Rocks

Rocks

Rocks

Rocks

Rocks

Rocks

Travel from Petaluma to Meyers Flat, California

We drove our coach 181 miles, about three hours of driving, from Petaluma, California to Meyers Flat, California.

Here’s the map route, heading northwest:

Route

An interactive map, with potential and actual stops:

Ready to depart:

Ready to depart

Motorcycles:

Motorcycles

Vines:

Vines

Vines

Vines

Bridge:

Bridge

Lunch stop:

Lunch stop

Lunch stop

Menu

Breakfast for lunch

Rough road — hey California, concrete isn’t a good road surface:

Rough road

Roadworks:

Roadworks

Listening to a Seattle Mariners game via the MLB app:

Listening to Mariners game

Cows:

Cows

Rest area stop:

Rest area stop

Rough road, no kidding:

Rough road

7% grade:

7% grade

Warning sign of tight curves:

Warning sign

Yep, a sharp curve:

Sharp curve

River:

River

Redwoods:

Redwoods

River

Redwoods

Narrow detour:

Detour

Detour

One-Log House:

One-Log House

Road Narrows, yay:

Road Narrows

Very close redwoods:

Redwoods

Redwoods

Legend of Bigfoot:

Legend of BigFoot

Bridge:

Bridge

More roadworks:

Roadworks

River:

River

Our destination:

Our destination

Our destination

Our destination

Baseball: Mariners at Athletics

While staying north of San Francisco, our Seattle Mariners happened to be in Oakland, so we attended a game.

Rooted in Oakland… but not for much longer, as they are planning to move to Las Vegas:

Rooted in Oakland

Tailgating:

Tailgating

The Coliseum:

Coliseum

A peek of the field:

A peek of the field

Looking back from our seats:

Looking back from our seats

Selfie from our seats:

Selfie from our seats

We could see into the camera and ramp area, as the Mariners gave autographs on the way out:

Autographs

Autographs

Autographs

Autographs

Autographs

Play ball:

Baseball

Baseball

Baseball

We did a mobile order for food, which was a mistake; I spent over half an hour standing in line to pick up our food after the “ready” notification, while the ad hoc order line was moving much faster:

Mobile order line

Baseball

Baseball

Baseball

Baseball

Baseball

Finally, our chicken and fries:

Chicken and fries

Baseball

Baseball

Baseball

Some slow-mo videos:

Baseball

Baseball

Game

Baseball

Baseball

Baseball

Sweep:

Sweep

Mariners win!

Mariners win!

Mariners win!

Mariners win!

Mariners win!

Autographs:

Autographs

Autographs

Autographs

Autographs

Manager

Scores:

Scores