A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 140 miles from Meyers Flat, California to Crescent City, California.
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:
An interactive map, with potential and actual stops:
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:
Another sharp corner at the exit:
Outside the RV park was a rather sketchy road:
7% downgrade:
Eel River:
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:
Back on the road:
Interesting murals in Eureka:
A rest area stop:
Inside the coach with slides in:
Low clouds:
Entering Redwood National and State Parks:
Damaged building:
Klamath River bridge:
Roadworks with a temporary bridge:
Trees of Mystery:
Ocean:
More one-way roadworks:
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):
Arriving at our 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:
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:
We stopped at the visitor center, with quite a character volunteer, super-fascinated by Jenn’s passport stamp book:
A wooden log RV:
A nice walk through the Gould Grove Nature Loop Trail:
Bridge in Rio Dell:
We had lunch at Scotia Lodge in Rio Dell:
The next morning we went to the local coffee shop, The Daily Grind… a cute shop, but unfortunately undrinkably bitter coffee:
Then a drive south along the 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:
Our site:
Paladin watching a family of quail outside our door:
Entrance:
A cute little garden between the entrance and office:
Office:
Other sites:
Cabins:
Bathrooms:
Dump station:
Dog park:
Path to the river:
A wide area of riverstones:
South Fork Eel River:
We had fun “collecting” interesting rocks — just taking pictures (“take only photographs, leave only footprints”):
Video: Petaluma to Meyers Flat, California motorhome travel timelapse
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 181 miles from Petaluma, California to Meyers Flat, California.
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:
An interactive map, with potential and actual stops:
Ready to depart:
Motorcycles:
Vines:
Bridge:
Lunch stop:
Rough road — hey California, concrete isn’t a good road surface:
Roadworks:
Listening to a Seattle Mariners game via the MLB app:
Cows:
Rest area stop:
Rough road, no kidding:
7% grade:
Warning sign of tight curves:
Yep, a sharp curve:
River:
Redwoods:
Narrow detour:
One-Log House:
Road Narrows, yay:
Very close redwoods:
Legend of Bigfoot:
Bridge:
More roadworks:
River:
Our destination:
Extended cup holders
The cup holders that are built in to our coach are a little small for some of our water bottles and travel mugs, so we added extended cup holders to enable fitting larger bottles:
Muir Woods National Monument
We hiked in Muir Woods National Monument in California.
A map; we did the Bridge 4 two-mile loop, returning via Hillside Trail:
Gift shop:
Pressed penny machine:
Woodpecker:
Sign:
Baseball: Mariners at Athletics
While staying north of San Francisco, our Seattle Mariners happened to be in Oakland, so we attended a game.
Jenn’s game summary:
It was the final game, and a sweep of the A’s by the Mariners with another come-from-behind win. Taylor Trammell had a 2-run homer in the 3rd. A’s pitching was not good. Walked Trammell in the 4th to score Cal Raleigh. Bases loaded, Kolten Wong singled to score Teoscar Hernandez and J.P. Crawford. Kirby settled in after the 3rd, and Sewald closed it out. Sad to see so few fans at the crumbling Coliseum, but it was a good Mariners win. The A’s will be in Vegas in a few years anyway. I feel bad for the loyal Oakland fans.
Rooted in Oakland… but not for much longer, as they are planning to move to Las Vegas:
Tailgating:
The Coliseum:
A peek of the field:
Looking back 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:
Play ball:
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:
Finally, our chicken and fries:
Some slow-mo videos:
Sweep:
Mariners win!
Autographs:
Scores:
