TR: Mendocino Coast Camping, May 2019
We camped for a week in May in Van Damme State Park, near Mendocino (north of San Francisco). It wasn't boondocking, but the campground was fairly quiet at that time. (It's not quiet during the summ...
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Yep -- several years ago, we took a long twisty drive to Mattole Beach Campground -- very remote, peaceful, breezy, chilly. A wonderful place to cool off and relax in the summertime.
Here is our post from that trip:
Mattole Beach and the Redwoods
This photo sort of captures the vibe -- empty beaches, steep hills tumbling into the water, old farms hanging onto the cliffs. Imagine the Santa Cruz coast with no one around, and no houses:
Click For Full-Size Image.
The only downer is that during the last several years, there has been a huge increase in illegal marijuana farming -- more traffic than before, and lots of stream pollution due to fertilizer runoff.
Here is our post from that trip:
Mattole Beach and the Redwoods
This photo sort of captures the vibe -- empty beaches, steep hills tumbling into the water, old farms hanging onto the cliffs. Imagine the Santa Cruz coast with no one around, and no houses:
Click For Full-Size Image.The only downer is that during the last several years, there has been a huge increase in illegal marijuana farming -- more traffic than before, and lots of stream pollution due to fertilizer runoff.
