caysea7254
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Seriously I'm not lazy just very overwhelmed.
1st stop is Great Basin National Park
We already have reservations for that visit.
2nd area to visit is Crater Lake National Park no reservations but pretty much sure we can get in somewhere near.
3rd is Redwood National Park which this area is so confusing. Looks so large and not sure whether to camp in 1 place and drive or camp in different areas.
4th is Lassen Volcanic National Park
And the rest not sure what order but Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks
And maybe Yosemite if we can go later in September.
We are in no hurry we fulltime and as long as we r back east in November.
Usually I'm so in the know of where to camp and what to visit in the area but this area of the country is so vast I'm just at a halt.
And no we didn't make advanced reservations but we usually have no problem finding a place even if it's an hour from where we want to go.
I know long post but any suggestions would sure be appreciated.
Thanks so much Tara
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I would change routing.
Great Basin then Lassen, then Redwood, followed by Crater Lake.
Lassen campground we used was Summit. Try to hit Bumpass Hell
Redwood, we stayed at Jedediah Smith. Memory tells we it was tight and crowded.
Crater Lake, Mazama is closes. Hard to get hook=up sites.
We came across Nevada on US 50. Loneliest Highway! Watch your fuel.
Think about adding Oregon Caves.
Maybe go into Oregon on US 101 and take jet boat trip up the Rogue River. That leaves from Gold Beach, OR
We only make reservations when we know area has a lot of tourism. We use many forest service, BLM type campgrounds. Watch out for tourism spots on weekends. It will be hard to find sites.
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TenOC
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At Crater Lake National Park check out Broken Arrow NFS that is "better" that Diamond Lake NFS campground. Each is Dry Camping, I think????
Yosemite in the Spring when water is flowing is +++++++. In the Fall with out water ??????
In OR do a google search for the best water falls & State Parks to see. Check out Ainsworth SP and John Day Painted Hills
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NamMedevac 70
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Beautiful Diamond Lake NFS campgrounds where I camped are close to Crater Lake with good easy drive between the two. Drive up to Crater Lake north entrance from Hwy 97 on hwy 138 is straight and easy. Drive and road conditions on Hwy 50 by the GB NP is excellent all the way across Nevada and Utah.
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RedRollingRoadblock
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Since the OP is full time I doubt they would be allowed in Jedediah Smith. https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=413
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caysea7254
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So we have changed route. We will head north thru Idaho and see some sites then over to Oregun and visit Crater Lake National Park and then hopeful get into a few state parks on the Oregun coast then head south to Northern CA and visit the National and state parks in Northern half of CA. We have checked Browken Arrow campground and that's perfect. So as soon as we see time frame will make reservations. Still looking around redwoods. July and early August is crowded. We will take our time and do those places last part of Aug. Thank you all for the info appreciated. Tara
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Rice
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A state park has a prohibition against fulltimers? Aside from why they would have it, how would they even know?
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Yeah, I'd wonder about that full-timer comment too??? I've spent years camping in CA state parks - part of that time as a full-timer as well, and never heard of that nor been denied a campsite. MOF, lived in CA thirty years, and never heard or saw anything like that. ![[emoticon]](http://www.coastresorts.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/frown.gif "frown")
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caysea7254
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Ok question about Broken Arrow campground on Diamond Lake. Trying to make a reservation site length says 45ft our 5th wheel is 31ft . Wont let us book cause trailer length can't be more than 25ft. But read a review in campedium and a guy with a 40 ft 5th wheel got into site B07 and that site is 45ft and says max length for trailer is 24. Don't understand. Please let me know. Thanks Tara
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Rice wrote:A state park has a prohibition against fulltimers? Aside from why they would have it, how would they even know?
I think it is a length problem not a full time problem.
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