Wednesday October 20th (A day in the Redwoods)

Village Camper Inn RV Park Crescent City to Richardson Grove

160 Miles

We left the campground about 11 this morning, drove along the coast from Crescent City, and there was a lot of heavy ocean fog.  In Crescent City there is a fog horn blasting continuously night and day, honking several times a minute, now we got a little idea why. We did a couple of detours today one was when we left Hiway 101 to get onto 99 and drive thru the Humboldt State Park. We took a short walk to see the Big Tree. Humboldt is another red wood forest.  Next to the hiway, and close to the coast we saw a couple of herds of Elk sitting in meadows, 1 stag in each herd surrounded by his harem of does.

Our next detour was to “The Avenue of the Giants”. We left 101 to take the scenic route about 30 miles of driving between giant coastal redwoods; I don’t think I could ever get tired of seeing these magnificent trees. Richardson Grove is about 70 miles south of Eureka. All that seems to be here is a campground, a few cabins, a gift shop, a wood carving shop and a couple of gas stations. This is another nice campground, among the trees and next to a State Park. Note don’t camp under an acorn tree, as they have a habit of dropping onto your rig all night.