Advice for a trip up the west coast
Fellow Class A'ers, My wife and I have an RV trip planned that will take us from Las Vegas, NV to Newport,Or and back in the course of about 7 1/2 days. We've looked at a variety of different route...
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Awesome! Thank you, this gives me a little hope. We have more time to get there than we have coming home. So, we'll take our time and make a ton of stops on the way up, then push it on the way home.
The no-hills thing I think works both ways. Vegas is 2200Ft and the mountains between here and bakersfield are only a couple thousand feet higher, and it's one maybe two passes before you get to the lower flatter stuff in CA. Heading up the east side of the mountains toward Reno is just pass after pass after pass, up and down up and down. Those passes are no joke either, 9K-10K+ feet in some cases. In a gas motorhome, it's just not fun. So, my plan is to hit the lower and less frequent passes between Vegas and Bakersfield and get to sea-level as soon as I can and then just stay there. On the way back, it's just the reverse. So, couple thousand ft passes and then we're at Vegas level.
Brian
The no-hills thing I think works both ways. Vegas is 2200Ft and the mountains between here and bakersfield are only a couple thousand feet higher, and it's one maybe two passes before you get to the lower flatter stuff in CA. Heading up the east side of the mountains toward Reno is just pass after pass after pass, up and down up and down. Those passes are no joke either, 9K-10K+ feet in some cases. In a gas motorhome, it's just not fun. So, my plan is to hit the lower and less frequent passes between Vegas and Bakersfield and get to sea-level as soon as I can and then just stay there. On the way back, it's just the reverse. So, couple thousand ft passes and then we're at Vegas level.
Brian
CA Traveler wrote:
101 is a major truck route and you'll have no problems along with many other RVs. I've taken the rig with toad through SF many times mostly 280/19th Ave. Middle lane, mid day works well and again this July for us. No GG toll north bound. South bound you pre pay, post pay or have FasTrak, there are no toll collectors, don't stop and cannot pay anyone.
How does going up the coast help with hills when returning? The entire OR coast is great so see the northern part if possible. The crossover at Eugene is good as are some of the other roads. Consider heading to Astoria/Columbia river and south down the entire coast or the reverse course.
There is a slight south bound rig advantage. Most of the ocean view points are on curves and on the ocean side. Hence no cross traffic when you pull off/on south bound.
