Thursday, May 23, 2013

Redwoods Natl and State Parks, Crescent City, CA

False Klamath Cove (Yurok Coastal Trail)

Crescent City Lighthouse
We've had a great stay at Crescent City.  This was our jumping off point to visit the Redwood Natl Park.  Wasn't until we got here that I learned that the state parks (Jedediah Smith, Del Norte Coast, and Prairie Creek) are run in conjunction with the national park as one unit.  As a causal observer, I'd say they're doing a nice job of pulling it off, too.

We delayed our arrival to miss traveling during showers.  Once arriving we had a few good days of weather, but got rain the last couple of days.  Apparently, the trick up here is travel between showers!

Stout Grove, Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park
We got walks in on the Yurok Coastal Trail (Redwoods), Ah Pah & Revelation Trails (Prairie Creek), and Stout Grove & River Trails (Jedediah Smith) before the rain set in. We also found the scenic drive at Crescent City to be beautiful, too.  Pictures never do it justice, but hopefully the few pictures here can give you an idea of what we saw.
Stout Grove, Jedediah Smith State Park


While here we stayed at Redwoods RV Resort north of Crescent City.  It's amongst the redwoods, so its pretty scenic in and of itself.  Unfortunately, as a full-time RVer, I'm learning to dislike parking under trees.  If we were to return, I'd probably look at another RV park in Crescent City.  And I'd probably stay three weeks instead of one.  Lots to do here!

So after a week at Crescent City, we moved today to Port Orford, OR to check this area out.  Yelp says there some good restaurants here, and the RV park owner gave us some good tips, too.  Now, just how much is it going to rain?  Later, David


Crescent City's Pebble Beach

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