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Old 05-15-2012, 02:42 AM   #1
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Going to be doing the Oregon Trail this summer ending in Welches Oregon. After that we want to head south along the coast down to San Jose Calif. Anyone have any thoughts on traveling on Hwy 101 with a 40' fiver. What about places to stop and site see. Any input would be welcomed.
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Old 05-15-2012, 07:04 AM   #2
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Going to be doing the Oregon Trail this summer ending in Welches Oregon. After that we want to head south along the coast down to San Jose Calif. Anyone have any thoughts on traveling on Hwy 101 with a 40' fiver. What about places to stop and site see. Any input would be welcomed.
there are lots of very nice state parks along the Oregon coast and you'll find sites big enough in most of them. Bad news is for weekends you need to get reservations in now. However there are several SP that are all or some loops first come first serve. Some nice spots are:
Fort Stevens, big park but some WWII encampments to see and lewis and clark camps nearby
Beverly Beach again a nice CG
Further down the coast Sunset Bay has some great overlooks close to the beach and great for whale and sea lion watching
Bullard Beach, another nice CG bigger than sunset bay,
Harris Beach great campground with some site overlooking the ocean and a short walk to the beach
Alfred A Loeb SP close to Harris beach but inland water/electric only on the Chetcko river and trails into the redwoods and myrtlewood groves. Access to a nice beach on the river
Harris and Loeb are great staging points for day trips to the North Calfornia redwoods. Your only about 10 miles from the california boarder

101 in Oregon is busy in the summer, but you won't be alone in pulling a big trailer. There are plenty of pullouts and overlooks to let traffic by.

Can't tell you much about traveling through CA on 101
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Old 05-15-2012, 10:22 AM   #3
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we pulled our fiver from Joshua tree st pk thru calif to washington, Hwy 101, no problems.

Beautiful, awesome, screnery all along the way.

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Going to be doing the Oregon Trail this summer ending in Welches Oregon. After that we want to head south along the coast down to San Jose Calif. Anyone have any thoughts on traveling on Hwy 101 with a 40' fiver. What about places to stop and site see. Any input would be welcomed.
Oregon trail really ends in Fort Clatsop near Fort Stevens SP, great place to visit. You will get there heading for the coast! Just keep going West!
Traveling 101 in the summer is beautiful, but it will be slow, enjoy your trip. We have been coming to the Oregon coast for decades, and are still impressed by it's beauty.

Update 5/20/12, took a quick weekend to Lincoln City, OR Traffic was Stop and Go through Lincoln City north on 101, almost bad enough to make me think about an automatic transmission, NOT! The traffic sucked, seems like a stalled car in an area of no shoulder.
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