FALL 2020 NORTHWEST RV TRAVELS

October 30 – November 3, 2020 The drive from Florence, Oregon to Crescent City California was approximately 200 miles but what a drive! Up and down the narrow roads of the coastal hills, left / right, holding your breath as a semi or large truck came the opposite way. A true test of one’s driving ability with an RV and car in tow. At one point we thought there was smoke from a fire ahead – it was so thick but there was nowhere to turn off. It turns out it was fog. One minute the sun is shining, the next minute your engulfed in fog so thick you can only see one or 2 cars ahead. A very challenging 200 miles. Aside from the fog, it was a really beautiful drive (if you were the passenger). As soon as we crossed over to California, gas prices increased by $1/gallon. Good thing we thought ahead to get gas in Oregon. Prices went from $2.41 to $3.49. Our campground was just down the road from the Redwood State Park Visitors Center and the main road couldn’t have been more beautiful. Larg...

  October 22 – October 30, 2020 From our last campground in Washington, we continue to Oregon and move down the Pacific coast to California. All campgrounds in Oregon will be with our Thousand Trails membership. The Oregon coast is comprised of sea cliffs, sea stacks, and beaches. Along the coast there are over 80 State parks and recreation areas. We have never seen so many scenic viewpoints and turn-offs. Oregon does a fantastic job of creating secondary roads and parking to beaches and trails. During the peak season, the entire Oregon coast (Pre-Covid) supports the tourists from the surrounding states. The “Pacific City” Thousand Trails RV park in Cloverdale was our first campground. One detail about the Thousand Trails campgrounds is they are first come, first served. To find a site, we disconnect the car, leave the RV behind, and drive until we find what we like. This campground was positioned on a hill overlooking the ocean. There were 3 levels of road plus smaller side ...

  October 10 – October 22, 2020 To get to the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State, we had to go through the Snoqualmie Mountain Pass as we left Montana. Although the pass is 3022’, it has some steep grades up and down. The weather forecast predicted high winds and heavy rains at the time we would be driving through so we opted to stay at a campground for a few days until the weather cleared.   Although the pass wasn’t nearly as intimidating as originally thought, who knows how it would have been driving a 14K pound RV pulling a 4K pound vehicle in windy and rainy conditions. Better to be safe!   Along the way to the Olympic Peninsula we passed through some interesting farm areas. One sign on the road mentioned that the crops were identified for the next 18 miles. We aren’t sure why and I have not been able to find any information on the practice. Some of the crops we saw were wine grapes, lima beans, grain corn, sweet corn, alfalfa, potatoes, grass hay, wheat, and...