California vacation

FYI Hwy 1 is closed to your vehicle at any time. 40' max length. HINT: The CHP looks for your tag axle. Easy giveaway. Same with most of CA 49. Below is the link to the CalTrans map. A citation is not the way you want to remember California...just sayin..BTW, it's not that they don't want you to see their State, they do need your money. The restrictions are in place as the roads are too curvy and you'll have to cross the double yellow line in many places just to get by..be safe...US101 is your best bet north or south. I5 is just a quick way to get there, not much to see or do.....Dennis

CalTrans road restrictions

There is alot to see in my home county of del Norte. It feels like Oregon in a small town way. Jedediah state park is amazing to stay at. In the redwoods and right on the Smith river, one of the last until dammned and cleanest rivers in the US.

avoid I40 out of Winslow Az. it's horrible. Stop by Laughlin Nv, park in the casino lot for free.

Hope that you have a toad! Much easier to park your rig in a central spot then use toad to explore all of those beautiful curvy roads. Have fun!

2gypsies wrote:
Hwy 395 is a beautiful easy drive for your motorhome. It gets you out of the heavy traffic on the western side of the mountains. Take it up to I-80 to get over to Sacramento and north of San Francisco and then take Hwy 101 (not 1) north.

395 is great... Just do not short cut over Sonora Pass CA-108 26 percent grade or CA-4 Ebbett's Pass 24 percent grade.

Avoid Lombard street in San Francisco.

Gonzo42, couldn't you just see a 42' DB with a towed on Lombard street, do they even make tow trucks big enough to pull that back up out of the first turn. We love SF and one of the most beautiful photos I have taken was when we turned left at the bottom of Lombard St and where the road drops off back to the bay, it was soft grey/white fog SF is so famous for. It looked like the whole world disappeared.

POIs in SF should include Buena Vista in the evening for an Irish Coffee and Scoma's on Pier 47 just west of the Fisherman's Wharf Marina for great food and a really old class SF restaurant.

If you go north to the redwoods look at Benbow rv park on Hgy 101.

You can stay at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton and either drive into San Francisco or take BART to the city. If you can't get into a CG near Yosemite, you can stay at the Mariposa County Fairgrounds and it's an hour drive to Yosemite or you can get a bus in Mariposa to Yosemite and ground transportation is free in the park. I don't think Mariposa fairgrounds takes reservations, first come first served.

If I remember correctly hwy 140 between Merced and Yosemite NP does not allow 40' or over due to the aging bridge. That bridge has one-way-at-a-time crossing (with traffic lights).

This morning's paper has a high wind warning in the next few days here on the left coast.