Fort Bragg, United States Travel Blogs

The Drive
Jun 18, 2008 (17 photos)

... shadow to light and at times it felt like we were driving into darkness.  The Redwoods almost run all the way to Fort Bragg.  I was totally surprised by the fact that you can actually see the redwoods from the town itself.  As you descend ...

Full of Salty Goodness!
Oct 23, 2009 (7 photos)

... side for the sea views – or maybe they were chasing the sun – who knows. By the time I made it to Fort Bragg I was all healed of my sea deprivation with a healthy lungful of salty goodness.  My only other challenge was at the supermarket ...

California Dreaming (by Dylan)
May 22, 2007

Hello all, I am sitting in a funky cafe in a funky Northern California town.  We are about 200 miles north of San Francisco.  Today was the much dreaded Legett Hill or better known by us as "Death mountain".  It is the highest ...

Fort Bragg - Monday, 7/20 - Updating Map
Jul 20, 2009

After three weeks on the road, I'm finally taking some time to figure out Travelpod. It's really a pretty simple site if you start out right and update each day. I've added several locations from the period 7/18 through 7/22 in order to update the map so ...

Fort Bragg, California
May 8, 1992 (2 photos)

... a Green Beret and served in Vietnam. Now Nick is a commercial diver. He supplied the following information about Fort Bragg,California. The town's fishing industry developed around a natural sheltered harbor on the Noyo River. A couple marinas provide ...

Wednesday Evening in Fort Bragg
Jun 19, 2008 (5 photos)

After we settled into our hotel we decided to grab some food.  Austin really wanted pizza and we saw Round Table on the way into town.  Thinking there may be a place to eat on the busy street behind the hotel, we peeked out of the back ...

The Beach
Jun 20, 2008 (28 photos)

We decided that Friday was Beach day and had already spotted a location to spend the day.  We spent about three hours on the beach enjoying the waves and walking the shores.  There were some cool cliffs and caves that we explored along with a ...

Fort Bragg
Jul 21, 2008 (4 photos)

... nach Norden fuhren. Es boten sich uns die schoensten Landschaften und wir genossen die Fahrt entlang der Kueste sehr!! In Fort Bragg beschlossen wir die Nacht ueber zu bleiben und unseren Weg nach Seattle am naechsten Tag fortzusetzen. CU Martin ...

Day 78: California ... nearly home!
Sep 17, 2008 (24 photos)

Okay, we have officially gone soft. We passed maybe 20 State Park campgrounds between Crescent City and Fort Bragg, and not once did we feel compelled to drive off the road and enquire about a tent site. We have San Diego in our sights, and even if we  ...

Roadtrip: Fprt Bragg, NC to Washington, DC.
Nov 22, 2008

Tomorrow morning I head out for a week or so in Washington, DC. This much-needed departure from the company is terribly needed.  I am looking forward to it.

Cleone RV Park
Oct 5, 2007

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California Redwoodsd
Aug 24, 2007 (1 photos)

The Redwoods! What a magnificant site these huge trees are! We spent three days  traveling through them. The first day - we were in the Redwood National Park and we thought wow! are these trees huge. It was so interesting to walk through the ...

Fort Bragg
Dec 20, 2008 (22 photos)

... (400BC) and big, they've cut a hole through the trunk where cars can drive through it. From there we pushed through to Fort Bragg, where Highway 1 really starts. Highway 1 is the stretch of road that hugs the western coastline of the USA, and which is very ...

We meet a european-hater
Jun 23, 2007

Sunny skies and a breakfast of coffee and pasties over-looking the Pacific from the motel lobby. We headed back north a few miles to look at a couple of camps - the first was an independent called Greenacres. It was awful - RV's close together and ...

A lazy day getting kinda bored but making the best
Jun 24, 2007 (1 photos)

MJ got up circa 9am and read an excellent book about a guy and his family taking a Bill Bryson journey type thing along the Union Pacific rail route between Omaha and SF. It's kinda like my blog but has much more in it about American history. Chrissie got ...

Fort Bragg
Jan 15, 2009

We entered California and kept going on the coastal road. Spent the night at Fort Bragg

Avenue of the Giants
Jul 27, 2008 (11 photos)

... it all.  After the stop at Leggett, we continued on to the "Avenue of the Giants" which is about 100 miles north of Fort Bragg. This stretch of road follows the old Highway 101. It's  31 miles in length with 51,000 acres of Redwood groves. ...

Fort Bragg
Nov 15, 2004

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Northern California
Aug 11, 2005 (22 photos)

We woke up in the hot, dry, Napa Valley and fell asleep in the cool, coastal Mendocino area (more specifically Fort Bragg). It was pretty uneventful, but undoubtably beautiful. It's like you're in the quaint California countryside, and then all of a sudden ...

Realization of a Dream
May 27, 2009 (29 photos)

... it worse I had a pair of earplugs in my pocket but I thought it would be bad form to put them in. In the afternoon, I found Fort Bragg's beach and it was wonderful. The sky was bright blue, the sun shining, there was a gentle breeze and not too cold. I ...

Exit San Francisco
May 26, 2009 (7 photos)

Today I left San Francisco via the Golden Gate Bridge. Yesterday I went over on the bus but today I rode over it on my bike. The sun shone over downtown SF today while on the bridge you couldn't even see the top of the towers the fog was so bad. This was ...

Drive along the coast (Highway 1)
May 28, 2007 (7 photos)

... the towns. So we drive a couple hours out of our way to get to this coastal town I have heard so much about.  Fort Bragg is not very impressive.  Most of the town if away from the coast and kind of industrial looking.  There was nothing ...

Exploring the local towns
Jul 26, 2008 (4 photos)

... shops and restaurants and quite a few strange people (We'll explain later). We also spent part of the afternoon touring around Fort Bragg which is 3 miles from our campground. We went to the North Coast Brewing Company and purchased some local brew.  ...

Fort Bragg
Aug 11, 2008

Nice break from work and a great way to celebrate my birthday.  Ate at the warf and walk along the beach.

Exhausting Day
Aug 22, 2009 (10 photos)

... of the bridge only to find it filled with people just like us and no parking was available so we continued on our journey to Ft Bragg. In our planning we thought it would be great to travel up the coast on Route 1 and follow the coast line up visiting all ...

MJ buys a new hat and we see more redwoods
Jun 22, 2007 (8 photos)

... The road suddenly comes out looking straight out over the Pacific and then does a 90left and we hugged the coast until we reached Fort Bragg - fantastic views but we were beat. We pulled into the third motel we saw on the beach and managed to snaffle a ...

Arriving at the coast
Jul 25, 2008 (4 photos)

... on the rocks. The girls went down tonight and also some large jelly fish. We are close to many small towns-the closest being Fort Bragg which has many amenities-no Walmart or big malls though.  There is a Starbucks! Tomorrow we plan a drive down the ...

Fort Bragg
Apr 12, 2007

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Bad start to the day
Sep 27, 2009 (5 photos)

... time. Switchback deluxe time. I was delighted as the temp dropped back to high 60s and we rolled along the no barriers road to Fort Bragg. The Beachcomber is in a great spot. Just walk behind it to the long boardwalk then descend to the beach, or walk ...

Trip Plan & Explanation
Nov 10, 2008

I just bought a car, and I am going to fly to California, pick it up and drive back to Fort Bragg, NC.  I am a relatively new driver, just having my first driver's license for a little over two months.  I have been fooling around on ...