Ventura Ca to Seattle Wa?

[Mikeborny]

Planning trip from Ventura california to Seattle Washington. Stops planned for Yosemite, SanFracisco, Napa, Portland, Seattle. Any recommendations for places to stay close to San Fran and Napa? Anyone knoe how easy it is to get a spot at Faria Beach in Ventura?

[Travelr]

Marin RV Park on Redwood Highway in Marin. Just north of GG Bridge. Half hour drive to city. Its EXPENSIVE but is the closest to SF. Can catch ferry which is a 10 minute walk or 8 minute drive. Parking is hard so better to walk. We have been staying here for over 10 years. Started at $38, just booked for Xmas (we have family both in the city and in Novato so come often. Also come to just enjoy SF, maybe take in a Giants game or two)

Book early though.. Always busy with Europeans/Cruise America... Fills up fast.

[DSDP_Don]

Mike....In Ventura, you have Rincon Parkway which are 40' sites (painted rectangles on the asphalt alongside of the road paralleling the beach) that are anchored at one end by Faria County Park and Emma Woods County Park at the other. Both Faria and Emma Woods are small, dirty and all three are first come first served. During the week (non holiday) you can probably get a site. A little farther north is Gaviota State beach, probably a better choice. Also in that area is a fairly new park called Ocean Mesa, but is pricey.

You'll have to look at a map and do some planning because you're next two stops, Napa and San Francisco are on the west edge of the state and Yosemite is on the east edge of the state, directly across from each other. There are very few RV parks in San Francisco. You'll have to do some research to see how far you're willing to drive. Alcatraz is a great tour, but book tickets in advance.

Depending on what time of the year you're going, Yosemite can be tough to get a campsite. It usually takes booking five months out.

You should have no issues with finding campgrounds in Portland, but Seattle is another place with no campgrounds in town. There is a KOA jut south of Seattle that would probably be your best bet.

[aerbus32]

There are a number of RV park review websites that can be of great value in answering your questions. rvparkreviews.com is probably the best known, but campendium is a newer site that promises to be very good. There's an app for rvparky that we find very handy when traveling. TripAdvisor & Yelp also have some parks reviewed.