We'll be headed to California for a month in July - looking for places to visit & stay while touring the state. Will be traveling In a 42 ft motor home - if there are any highways we should avoid would appreciate your thoughts. Our plans for sure are to see Yosemite & the Redwoods - if there are any specific places to see around these two parks your suggestions are welcome. Thanks Good Sam friends!

Two thoughts about your specific questions...>Month of July, better make camping reservations anywhere near the big attractions.>Stay off Hwy 1 with a rig your size unless you are very adventurous.and...have a good trip.

Sequoia & Kings Canyon Natl Parks are good to see. You may need to stay outside the park, I suggest Sequoia RV Ranch for a good base camp.San Francisco stay outside the city and take the rapid transit system in (BART) for sight seeing. Walk across the Golden Gate bridge...Alcatraz

We have been to California a number of times and have not seen anywhere near all of it. In July probably best to stay near the coast unless you like temps well into the 100's.

CalTrans length info:Note that it says "What is a 45-foot bus or motorhome? On this website, it refers to a bus or motorhome that has a length greater than 40', up to 45'." Huh??? Anyway, yours falls into that range.Here's a link to CalTrans interactive map of restrictions:http://www.dot.ca.gov/trafficops/bus/bus-map.html

"Our plans for sure are to see Yosemite & the Redwoods"Avoid Big Basin Redwood SP, our first park and pretty much west of Yosemite, only because of your length...:( But driving U.S.101 north of San Francisco will put you in Humboldt with the Avenue of the Giants, Prairie Creek and Del Norte Redwood SPs.

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SCVJeff
Explorer
Mar 30, 2017
downtheroad wrote:
Two thoughts about your specific questions...

>Month of July, better make camping reservations anywhere near the big attractions.

>Stay off Hwy 1 with a rig your size unless you are very adventurous.

and...have a good trip.
FYI: Hwy1 is currently closed in both directions @ Big Sur and will likely remain that way for a year :(
Lwiddis
Explorer II
Mar 30, 2017
"Our plans for sure are to see Yosemite & the Redwoods"

Avoid Big Basin Redwood SP, our first park and pretty much west of Yosemite, only because of your length...:( But driving U.S.101 north of San Francisco will put you in Humboldt with the Avenue of the Giants, Prairie Creek and Del Norte Redwood SPs.
Tiger4x4RV
Nomad
Mar 30, 2017
CalTrans length info:

Note that it says "What is a 45-foot bus or motorhome? On this website, it refers to a bus or motorhome that has a length greater than 40', up to 45'." Huh??? Anyway, yours falls into that range.

Here's a link to CalTrans interactive map of restrictions:
http://www.dot.ca.gov/trafficops/bus/bus-map.html
romore
Explorer II
Mar 30, 2017
We have been to California a number of times and have not seen anywhere near all of it. In July probably best to stay near the coast unless you like temps well into the 100's.
the_bear_II
Explorer
Mar 30, 2017
Sequoia & Kings Canyon Natl Parks are good to see. You may need to stay outside the park, I suggest Sequoia RV Ranch for a good base camp.
San Francisco stay outside the city and take the rapid transit system in (BART) for sight seeing. Walk across the Golden Gate bridge...Alcatraz
downtheroad
Explorer
Mar 30, 2017
Two thoughts about your specific questions...

>Month of July, better make camping reservations anywhere near the big attractions.

>Stay off Hwy 1 with a rig your size unless you are very adventurous.

and...have a good trip.

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