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

Travel from Paso Robles to Petaluma, California

We drove our coach 244 miles, about four hours of driving, from Paso Robles, California to Petaluma, California.

Here’s the map route, heading northwest:

Route

An interactive map, with potential and actual stops:

A steep hill in the RV park on the way out:

Steep hill leaving RV park

Joining US-101 for our trip up the coast (somewhat inland at this stage):

US-101

Listening to a Mariners baseball game, streaming from the MLB app:

Listening to Mariners baseball game

Pump jacks; when did we get back to Texas?

Pump jacks

Vineyards:

Vineyards

Roadside artwork:

Roadside artwork

A lunch stop at Wildhorse Cafe in King City:

Restaurant

Restaurant

Menu

Menu

Coffee

Breakfast for lunch

Back to our coach:

Back to our coach

Paladin on the steps, with my feet up:

Paladin on the steps

Historic El Camino Real bell markers:

Historic El Camino Real bell markers

Roadside artwork:

Roadside artwork

Bright pink flowers:

Bright pink flowers

Roadside artwork

Roadside artwork

A bald eagle:

Bald eagle

Historic El Camino Real bell markers

Paladin looking a little freaked out:

Paladin

A fuel stop at SC Fuels in Gilroy:

Fuel stop

Fuel stop

It’s a cardlock fuel station, but works with our Open Roads discount fuel card:

Cardlock fuel stop

Fuel stop

A snack (fun fact: the Pringles can sticks magnetically to the MacBook Pro in that spot):

Snack

Oakland Coliseum:

Oakland Collseum

Oakland:

Oakland

Flowers:

Flowers

Toll booths:

Toll booths

Richmond-San Rafael Bridge:

Richmond-San Rafael Bridge

Richmond-San Rafael Bridge

Richmond-San Rafael Bridge

Richmond-San Rafael Bridge

Green hills:

Green hills

Drawbridge:

Drawbridge

Our destination, a KOA:

KOA

Following our coach to our site (with some adventures with that; stay tuned!):

Following coach to our site

Travel from Bakersfield to Paso Robles, California

We drove our coach 116 miles, about two hours of driving, from Bakersfield, California to Paso Robles, California.

Here’s the map route, heading west:

Route

An interactive map, with potential and actual stops:

Leaving the RV park:

Leaving RV park

Dam water!

Dam water

Paladin enjoying the steps:

Paladin

Big cow:

Cow

Fuel and lunch stop:

Fuel stop

Fuel stop

Parked

Fuel stop

Fuel stop

Popeyes

Popeyes

Popeyes

Paladin in the steps, with my feet up:

Paladin

Interesting bridge:

Interesting bridge

Lots of pump jacks:

Lots of pump jacks

Solar farm:

Solar farm

Flowers and green hills:

Flowers

Flowers

Vineyard:

Vineyard

Paso Robles:

Paso Robles

Resort entrance:

Resort entrance

I untoaded while Jenn checked in, then followed our coach to our site:

Following coach

Travel from San Diego to Bakersfield, California

We drove our coach 244 miles, about four hours of driving, from San Diego, California to Bakersfield, California.

Here’s the map route, heading northwest:

Route

Interactive map:

Leaving the RV park:

Leaving RV park

Plane:

Plane

Plane taking off:

Plane taking off

Church:

Church

Paladin:

Paladin

Lagoon:

Lagoon

U-pick strawberries:

U-pick strawberries

Rest area:

Rest area

An easy lunch, prefab charcuterie:

Lunch

We were amused by the “Butts Only Box”:

Butts Only Box

Paladin:

Paladin

Paladin

Heavy traffic:

Traffic

Paladin prefers looking out the small window in the door from the steps, so I’ve been leaving the step cover open, and using the footrest instead:

Paladin and footrest

Great Balloon Park:

Great Balloon Park

Discovery Cube:

Discovery Cube

Rocket:

Rocket

Horrible roads in the LA area — concrete is not a good material for roads:

Horrible roads

Horrible roads

Cathedral:

Cathedral

More bad roads:

More bad roads

More bad roads

Green hills with flowers:

Flowers

Fuel stop:

Fuel stop

Fuel stop

More flowers:

Flowers

Bridge building:

Bridge building

Our destination:

Our destination

Travel from Orange to San Diego, California

We drove our coach 99 miles, about two hours of driving, from Orange (Los Angeles), California to San Diego, California.

Here’s the map route, heading south:

Route

An interactive map, showing our stops and potential stops:

Leaving the RV park; Jenn drove our coach around the block to the check-in area so we could toad up:

Leaving the RV park

Leaving the RV park

Honda Center:

Honda Center

Paladin on the steps; this has become one of his favorite places for travel days, so I’m happy to leave the step cover open for him:

Paladin in the steps

Bright green hills:

Bright green hills

I-5 freeway traffic:

I-5 freeway traffic

I-5 freeway traffic

The Pacific Ocean and yellow flowers:

Ocean and yellow flowers

A stop at a rest area to kill some time (since it was a relatively short drive) and have lunch:

Rest area

Annoyingly, the truck parking was overrun with cars:

Cars parked in truck parking

Back to heavy I-5 freeway traffic:

I-5 freeway traffic

Heading to Chula Vista:

Heading to Chula Vista

Checking in:

Checking in

We had a back-in site, so I untoaded while Jenn checked in, then followed the coach to the site:

Following coach

Our site before parking:

Our site before parking