WooHoo! We arrived at Benbow KOA and we were able to rent a tiny room with AC, refrigerator, TV, sink, shower, and toilet. It is sitting next to a small river (make that creek) and is pretty comfy. We stayed at the same place (different unit) on the way down the coast and we liked it.
However, our plan to drive up Highway 101 through more of the Redwoods to Brookings, Oregon is going to have to change. This valley has a lot of smoke from wildfires to the north. We are assured that this RV campground is in no danger, but it turns out that Brookings, OR was ordered to evacuate at 5:30pm today due to a fire in the Siuslaw National Forest. 100,000+ acres have burned and Brookings is threatened now.
So, our intention is to continue to Eureka tomorrow, take Route 299 across the mountains to Redding, CA and take I-5 north from there.
We are disappointed, but it looks safer to go that way. There don't appear to be any wildfires in that part of the Shasta Trinity National Forest. And, heaven knows, we don't want to see a wildfire up close.
I'll keep you posted. But, in the meantime, here are a couple of my older photos of the Redwoods because there don't appear to be any more coming:
However, our plan to drive up Highway 101 through more of the Redwoods to Brookings, Oregon is going to have to change. This valley has a lot of smoke from wildfires to the north. We are assured that this RV campground is in no danger, but it turns out that Brookings, OR was ordered to evacuate at 5:30pm today due to a fire in the Siuslaw National Forest. 100,000+ acres have burned and Brookings is threatened now.
So, our intention is to continue to Eureka tomorrow, take Route 299 across the mountains to Redding, CA and take I-5 north from there.
We are disappointed, but it looks safer to go that way. There don't appear to be any wildfires in that part of the Shasta Trinity National Forest. And, heaven knows, we don't want to see a wildfire up close.
I'll keep you posted. But, in the meantime, here are a couple of my older photos of the Redwoods because there don't appear to be any more coming:
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