We left home about 9 AM for a trip to the giant redwoods, the beaches of Oregon, and a visit to Port Orchard Washington to visit with Eric, Jeanne and our twin 4 year old grandsons. I found traffic on I-205 and I-580 to be bearable through the Bay area until we got on Hwy 101 and cleared some of the suburbs. I believe this was the first time we ever crossed the San Rafael Bridge. It was also our first trip on this part of Hwy 101 and for the most part, the road was easy to negotiate. Our first destination on this trip was scheduled to be a 3 night stay at Giant Redwoods RV & Camp in Myers Flat California. This leg was 296 miles. The new 45 gallon diesel tank we installed before the trip sure made a big difference cause it easily allowed us to go the distance without refueling on route. For the purposes of this blog, I will be referring to the 5th wheel as my “fiver”.
Myers Flat is one of those small villages where you need to make sure you don’t blink or you’ll miss it. We found the RV park to be “rustic”. On the plus side it’s located right on the Eel River and our site was about 50 yards from the water nestled among lots of trees. During the right times of the year, it would be a great site for a fishing expedition for salmon and/or steelhead. On the minus side, the site was gravel and could use some work on leveling. Due to all the trees I could not get a satellite signal with our Winegard Carryout. The RV park cable only had about 8 stations and none were local stations. Myers Flat does not have a gas station. We had to backtrack 16 miles to Garberville before we found diesel. Diesel was $2.56 a gallon.
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