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WinMinnie02 wrote:
Rest Stops, Walmart, Flying J

If you have a smart phone This App will have all of those plus Commercially Owned, Public Parks, Military Camp, 55+, KOA,Casinos anything along your route will be displayed.

Really handy when you decide that it is time to stop and you need a place to stay or rest for a few hours.

Think there is a nice rest area in CA on I-5 just after you cross over the Siskyous (sp?)

Check out rvparkreviews.com to quickly see where there are rv parks along your route.

You can read the reviews from people who have stayed there.

If you have a smart phone you can use rvparkreviews.com as you travel to find a spot as you near the end of your drive time for the day.

Safe travels.

Ed

Rest Stops, Walmart, Flying J

If you don't want to do Walmart, I stayed at a little place off I-5 in Weed, Ca. called Trailer Lane RV Park. Mapquest shows it to be 9 hours from Seattle. It was clean and fairly quiet, but you do hear some of the trucks on I-5, but not bad at all. Good luck with your trip.

Trailer Lane RV Park

We often camp at King City park in central CA near Salinas. Has nice facilities and agriculture museum. Further south we camp at Cachuma Lake, 40 miles north of Santa Barbara. Not many camping areas with vacancies as you get near Los Angeles. LA is 90 miles from San Diego. If you plan to stay at KOA's etc. call ahead and make reservations. Traffic can be heavy through LA especially during rush hours, but is usually OK going to and from San Diego on the 405Fwy. Plan your route, make reservations, and use your GPS skirting around San Francisco and through LA to San Diego. 500 miles per day in open country is our max. Driving an RV through heavy traffic is taxing.

KOA in Mount Shasta is ok, for a night. Done that one to Seattle a few times, not to bad.

Have you thought about Amtrak?

That's kind of a tough 1200 miles, Portland, La, Cali mountains. road construction.

Would allow 3 days, as the above can make it a bit of a slow go

Just did part of that route from Mt. St Helens, we stayed in a rest area alongside the I-5 before the 99. Safe and no one cares. Park away from the big rigs as they come and go a lot. Also Walmarts even if

they post no parking, in a pinch I have slept and I believe they post it to discourage squatters. Look up Indian Casinos also. Truck stops are good. park on the side ,leave the big long spots for the drivers.

After the I-5 /99 split the next rest area has a dump station.

Seattle to Mt Shasta would be a hard days drive. But there is a rest area just north. Also a McDonalds. Personally I would figure to stop around Medford, leave early to go over the mountains.

Roadpilot wrote:
I've done plently of 650 to 700 mile days in a class A pulling a toad. It helps to stay in Rest areas or Walmarts so you can save the time of checking in and getting to your spot. You can also leave early in the a.m. A good stop over, half way through the trip is the Walmart in Red Bluff, CA. The reviews say it's pretty, safe and spacious.

I created this trip in rvparky.com if the OP wants to see it and explore other options.

If you decide to do Walmart overnighting, the Red Bluff one is a good choice. The Sacramento Walmarts don't allow overnighting last I saw, so you'd have to another 3+ hours if you drive past Red Bluff.

It's about 7.5 hours to LA, so plan your Red Bluff departure to hit LA between lunchtime rush and afternoon rush. You'll hit San Diego for afternoon rush most likely, but you'll get there at a decent evening hour instead of late night.

Drive safe and both push it - your sister would rather you arrive a day late, than in an ambulance.