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09-29-2017, 08:25 AM
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Location: Graham WA
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Don't try to stop me!
Hello everyone,
So I've got a couple weeks off and decided to take a road trip. Leaving the Tacoma WA. area Sunday and heading down the coast (101) of Oregon into California. Visiting our daughter in the Napa area, then heading to Yosemite and finally home. We've taken trips in the past from tents to campers, this will be our first in a motor home with a toad. Three questions:
One: What are the must see places along the way?
Two: Great places to stay?
Three: Besides toilet paper what am I going to forget or wish I had brought?
Thanks
Eric
PS. Taking the dogs with us
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09-29-2017, 08:28 AM
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Turtle Rock resort is nice. Just north of Brooking. Hot tubs on each site.
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09-29-2017, 09:07 AM
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Hi Eric!  Welcome to IRV2! We're sure glad you joined the gang! 
OK, I won't try to stop you. Whatever you forget will be for sale! Have a great trip! Keep her between the ditches!
Good luck, happy trails, and God bless!  
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09-29-2017, 11:26 AM
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Newmar Owners Club
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Glad to have you here in the forum with us.
Anything you forget to bring can be found. There are Wal-Marts etc all over the place. There are RV checklists that can help you. Do a search in the Powered by Google search box at the top of the page. Just have fun!!
Happy Trails!!!
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09-29-2017, 12:18 PM
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Member
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: Graham WA
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Thanks guys appreciate the responses, and yes no matter what, as long as I'm not working we'll be having fun.
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09-29-2017, 05:07 PM
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Junior Member
Jayco Owners Club
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Also interested in places along the way
We are doing the same trip next month after a week in Vancouver. Washington, Oregon then California. Hot tub sounds great. Please what is the name of that campground. Places to see. Maine has nothing like what we have seen out here so far.
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09-29-2017, 05:11 PM
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09-30-2017, 06:45 AM
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Join Date: May 2012
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Winchester Bay RV resort in Reedsport is nice. Ancient Redwoods RV Park on the Ave of the Giants is a must. Also Napa Valley Expo is a great park. If you cycle, bring bikes. All these places have good riding. Biking the Ave of the Giants is just awesome.
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09-30-2017, 06:59 AM
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Planning a trip like this takes .... well planning! Forums are a great place to start but researching the areas your visiting should extend beyond that. Tour books, atlas's, the internet are all good sources that i used in planning a 2 month trip from FL to MI to NY and back.
Rand McNally has some excellent road trip routes in various parts of the country that should give you a good start.
My suggestion is to find a place you want to visit, such as a natural wonder, museum, national park, etc and then research a campsite near that area. With some planning you should be able to find an interesting place to stay each night.
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09-30-2017, 07:46 AM
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Outdoors RV Owners Club
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Not sure what you're interests are but Fort Stevens state park is nice with some cool history as one of the only places shelled by the Japanese during WWII. There is a nice maritime museum nearby in Astoria with some exhibits about the Columbia River bar and the "graveyard of the pacific." Canon Beach is a fun town to wander around in for half a day of shopping, very eclectic and artsy. All kinds of blow holes, rocky wave crashing areas, and viewpoints along the way. Agate beach in Oceanside has great rock hounding and a unique walk through tunnel to access another beach. Newport has an interesting waterfront complete with barking harbor seals. Some light houses also along your path. Obviously in California don't miss doing some hiking in the redwoods. Really the options are endless.
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09-30-2017, 08:24 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2016
Location: Vancouver, WA.
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Be prepared for construction traffic. Lot of one way sections in nor cal right now
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09-30-2017, 08:35 PM
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Senior Member
Country Coach Owners Club Solo Rvers Club iRV2 No Limits Club
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Vancouver, WA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Seahawk16
We are doing the same trip next month after a week in Vancouver. Washington, Oregon then California. Hot tub sounds great. Please what is the name of that campground. Places to see. Maine has nothing like what we have seen out here so far.
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What brings you to Vancouver? I'm on my way home from Fresno right now. Need to stop in Junction City for some repairs on Monday though.
My late DW always packed as though there were no stores along the way, then we ate out anyway.
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10-01-2017, 11:50 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2013
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Sea perch RV resort. 30 minutes south of Newport right on the ocean. Nice beach. Very clean and neat park.
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10-01-2017, 11:54 AM
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Junior Member
Jayco Owners Club
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr_D
What brings you to Vancouver? I'm on my way home from Fresno right now. Need to stop in Junction City for some repairs on Monday though.
My late DW always packed as though there were no stores along the way, then we ate out anyway.
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Visiting friends who live on Vancouver Island. Going to leave our camper in Washington. Wasn't sure about taking it on a ferry. Told to expect whale sightings on the way over.
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