All photos for this trip can be found in our
2011 California Photo Album
Some are also shown in our weekly blogs.
2011 California Photo Album
Some are also shown in our weekly blogs.
We had no real goals for this trip as we headed south on a slow pace through Idaho, southeastern Oregon, northeastern California south to Lake Tahoe which is a fabulously beautiful lake. Then further south and west into the very hot Central Valley before heading west to the much cooler coast and the Monterrey Peninsula. From there we embarked on a series of relatively long stays of 4-6 days at each of a number of places as we worked our way up the northern California and Oregon coasts before we cut eastward through Portland to Spokane and north to back home in Calgary.
We attempted to stay in "new for us" RV parks and campgrounds as we went and discovered some real gems. In particular, just north of Florence Oregon we stayed at the beautiful little Mercer Lake park and just south of Bonners Ferry Washington we decided to try out the Blue Lake Resort. Those and others were very nice and provide lots of (now) known options for future trips around the Pacific Northwest.
Our general route heading south...
... and our general route heading north back home...
Our weekly blogs are listed below. They are linked to each other so start at week 1 then step through each week or jump to a specific week in this list...
Week 1 Calgary to Coeur d'Alene Idaho
Week 2 Coeur d'Alene to Lakeview Oregon
Week 3 Lakeview to Jackson California
Week 4 Jackson to Carmel California
Week 5 Carmel to Novato California
Week 6 Novato to Fort Bragg California
Week 7 Fort Bragg to Fortuna California
Week 8 Fortuna to Florence Oregon
Week 9 Florence to Portland Oregon
Week 10 Portland to Calgary Alberta
