Crescent City to Willits

We have a long drive today, around 220 miles. We were going to go to Fort Bragg on the ocean but decided to shorten our drive time.






Crossing the California border we drove into the Redwood Forest.



Some stretches of road are in very good shape. While others are like a roller coaster due to earth movement tearing apart the blacktop or creating pot holes. The rig is tosssed about from side to side and everything not secured rattles and shakes. Meanwhile, towering stands of Redwoods and giant Sequoia's surround us as we glide and bump our way down Hwy 101, the ever present ocean on our right just over the edge of the hill. As you can see, the trees are enormous.



We were fortunate to have another beautiful day with the overcast breaking up around noon as we pulled into Eureka for lunch.


Getting back on the road we held our course for the next three hours finally pulling into the Creekside Cabins and RV Resort just north of Willits. Even though it was listed as a Good Sam facility we decided not to stay. Unfortunately, there was no way to turn around with the car attached. So we disconnected the car, took out the auxilliary brake, put the fuses back in, moved the car, did a five point turn (with Tina helping to keep me from backing into the creek), moved the car behind the rig, connected the tow bar and cables, pulled the fuses, reconnected the auxilliary break and pulled back onto 101. Five miles later we turned right onto Hwy 20 and drove 1.5 miles to a very nice KOA. Whew!! After parking and setting up for the night, we had a liesurely dinner, walked the dogs one last time and called it a nite. This leg, 220 miles. Trip mileage 810.