Crescent City, United States Travel Blogs

California, here we are!
Sep 21, 2009 (1 photos)

... forests and along the ugly and murky Klamath River. Once we enter California again we start to see the huge trees of Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, but it is dark and we get a motel room in Crescent City and hope to see some more redwoods tomorrow.

Days 76 & 77: Oregon coast
Sep 16, 2008 (28 photos)

  We hit the Pacific Ocean at Cannon Beach, a charming seaside village that was overrun with Sunday revelers from Portland, but we eventually found a parking spot & table, and enjoyed the first fish & chips meal we can remember having in the ...

Tall and green
Jun 4, 2009 (3 photos)

Redwood country is just across the border in California and we found a great campsite under Redwood trees in the Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park.  Old Jed knew a good tree when he saw one - California Coastal Redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens) are ...

Craig's B-day, Crescent City, Woofstock and misc.
Sep 8, 2008 (30 photos)

09/07/08          Once again it's time to play catch-up.  This blog contains a smorgasbord of pics coveing a number of firsts: Craig's first time turning 30 years old and his first purchase of a piece of art ...

From the Redwood Forests...
May 14, 2007

... among the majestic redwoods in two very nice state parks---Humboldt Redwoods and Jedediah Smith. Our stay at Jed Smith (near Crescent City, CA) unexpectedly stretched into four days. The first day we spent traveling in the car north into Oregon, stopping ...

Beach Bums
Sep 25, 2008 (6 photos)

After leaving Anna's house we decided to take some back roads to the beach. I had the option an my GPS to take the short route or the fast route. I had an idea that the short route would take a little bit longer but I wasn't expecting gravel and dirt. We ...

Maribeth's White Trash Spectacular Day
Jul 20, 2009 (16 photos)

... were both more than ready to stop (after a short agriculture checkpoint…) when we finally reached the shifty looking town of Crescent City, California. We have been so good about not eating a lot of fast food on the trip. Most stops have been local ...

Crater Lake to Crescent City, California
Jul 16, 2009 (5 photos)

... ;t care, Snape is still the best character). Tomorrow we head down to Redwood National Forest, about an hour and a half south of Crescent City along the coast. Probably no wireless there, but after that we’re in San Francisco for two days and will ...

Es geht los / It goes on
Aug 13, 2008 (5 photos)

... vom heissen Landesinneren and die deutlich kaeltere Kueste um Eureka, von wo ich durch die Parks des Redwood N. P. bis nach Crescent City fahre. Nebel ist hier zwar jeden Tag vorhanden, doch die Fahrt von Crescent C. entlang der Schotterstrasse Howland ...

Northern California...................
Aug 13, 2008 (16 photos)

... never dropped below half after this, and we never paid more than $4.50 again!! Californian countryside en route to Crescent City didn't change a huge amount, consisting of wooded wilderness areas and smallish towns. All very pleasant and with more ...

Day Forty-Two: Endor
Jul 20, 2000 (5 photos)

10:00 - Woke up. Last night we watched Politically Incorrect and they were talking about the male pill and stuff. It was actually funny. Brett lost the key to our room but after scavenging around the room we found it. One more thing Brett has lost on this ...

Oregon Caves National Monument
Aug 15, 1976

Heavy rain.  Jedidiah Smith State Park Del Norte State Park.

redwood national forest
Aug 11, 2009 (4 photos)

Finally have made it to see some redwoods after several abortive attempts over the years...the last one where torrential rain turned the park we were trying to visit into an impassable mud bath. they were worth the wait. We found some nice flat trails and ...

Yes! Redwoods!
Sep 26, 2009 (11 photos)

Gotta see them and gotta ride among them.

Traveling From Fort Bragg to Crescent City
Aug 23, 2009 (19 photos)

Leaving Fort Bragg driving up the coast to Crescent City not a cloud in the sky with nothing but beautiful ocean coastline for the first couple hours. As we traveled further we started to go inland toward dense tree growth of evergreens and redwoods. In ...

Day 2 - Into California
Aug 16, 2008 (4 photos)

- After leaving Eugene, we drove straight to California along the coast - It was very hot! - We arrived in Crescent City, California and had dinner at the Charter Room Restaurant - It was quite cool in the evening because we were right by the coast - ...

Howland Hill Road and Stout Grove
May 27, 2008

One of the things highly recommended we visit on our trip to the Redwoods was to drive down Howland Hill Road.  It's a dirt road through the Jedediah Smith Redwoods, which gets you up close and personal to the coastal redwoods.  These trees are ...

crescent city, ca
Jan 23, 2007

... ; The next ride was from the owner of a new restaurant that had just opened in town.  Then a salesman gave me a ride to crescent city.  He was an old deadhead, he bought me fantastic fish and chips on the pier.  I saw my first wild sea ...

newport to cresent city
Jun 2, 2008

hackey sack in carparks, camping at mill creek

Trees - driving through them and sleeping in them
May 3, 2009

... we even ventured up this way.  Not the greatest part of the world.  And not the best add for California or the USA. But we slept soundly and would be moving on shortly. Stay:  Curly Redwood Lodge, Crescent City, CA Drive: 220 miles

Redwood Forest Travel Vlog
Jun 30, 2009

Crescent City was sort of desolate and lonely. The Redwood Forest was magical.

Crescent City
Jan 10, 2008

A rainy stop off

Day 10
Jun 28, 2011

... touring these amazing caves. When then headed to California. We toured the Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park where we saw our first redwood trees which are the tallest trees in the world. We spent the night in the nearby town of Crescent City, California.

End of the day
May 27, 2008

Dinner this night was in a diner that was somewhat like a Shoney's.  Food again was meh.  And there was no sunset, as there were too many clouds (and fog for that matter) in the air, so I was doubly glad we'd made it to the beach for sunset the ...

More of Crescent City
May 27, 2008

... ran out of time so we got loaded up then checked out and hit the road. Our first stops for the day were here in Crescent City.  Breakfast / brunch first, at Denny's.  Then we made the most logical stop.... Most people, when first coming to a ...

San Diego to Redwoods NP
Jul 23, 2008 (27 photos)

... this state park. Our next night was also spent in a different part of the Redwoods - in the Redwoods National Park near Crescent City almost at the border with Oregan.  The campground just off of Hwy 199, called Panther's Flat, was one of those ...

Back to Crescent
Jan 29, 2008

A dead whale on the beach at Crescent City

Hoping to make the gateway to redwoods area
Sep 25, 2009 (4 photos)

This is the goal, we'll see how road conditions and traffic cooperate! Well, almost at Crescent City despite a flying tire from a wide load trailer withing the first hour of the journey. I was in the passing lane beside the caravan of vehicles escorting ...

California dreamin'
Mar 7, 2009 (11 photos)

Leaving Mendocino we headed up the coast, silently hoping that if we ignored the problem of the oil pressure light and buzzer, it might go away.  This silent treatment worked for a while, until we were forced to climb some hills along the coast ...

La Californie
Jul 6, 2009 (6 photos)

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