We moved to Trinidad, CA from Petaluma…this was a long drive when pulling a fifth wheel. We stayed at Elk Country RV Park. It is a cool place! The park is very large and right off Hwy 101. We were able to get a pull-thru site, which I love. The elk were out the first night we got there. Its a huge herd and they are pretty chill. Obviously, they aren’t tame or anything…the park has tons of rules about them, which I appreciate.
The first day there, we drove to Klamath and then on to Crescent City to do some grocery shopping and such. When we returned home, there were police cars, park ranger trucks, a fire truck and two ambulances right next to our camper! I almost had a heart attack, as I was sure that something must have happened to our rig or Scooby. Fortunately for us, it wasn’t anything to do with us. Our ‘neighbor’ was a young man in his early 20’s who was in a small SUV with a canoe and a tiny U-haul trailer. We figured he was just there for the night, as he had no real place to sleep. Well, apparently, he was sitting in his SUV, cleaning a gun he had recently purchased and accidently shot himself through the hand!!! He was taken to the hospital after they got him bandaged up. The camp host came over and told us what was going on. She assured us that he would be leaving as soon as he got back from the hospital, as it is against their policies to have a gun on property. I felt kinda bad for the kid…I wan’t sure how he was going to drive after that!
Anyhoo…while in the area, we did alot. We visited Eureka and visited the zoo, which had a skywalk through the redwoods…I did it, but was not super thrilled. I just prefer to keep my feet on stable ground these days. LOL! We got done with the skywalk and it started pouring rain, so we decided to come back another day.
We also went to the Trees of Mystery, did the skywalk there (lol) and did the gondola ride to the top of the trees…we could see the coastline, which was cool. We also went to Battery Lighthouse and Point St George Lighthouse.
Trees of Mystery
Battery Lighthouse
We went to Fern Canyon, which is amazing! The drive in is fun…rocky, muddy and sloppy! Took Johnny on his first stream crossing…loved it!
We visited Humbolt Botanical Gardens in Eureka and went back to the zoo to finish it, which wasn’t much…it is a tiny zoo, but cute enough. We saw the Carson Mansion, it is quite a site. On the way home, we stopped in McKinleyville to see the World’s Largest Totem Pole, made from a single tree, 160 foot high. Canada claims one, but apparently they cheated, as theirs is TWO poles, one on top of another.
Zoo
Carson Mansion
Pink Lady Mansion
Humbolt Botanical Gardens
World’s Largest Totem Pole
The last day in Trinidad, we went to Klamath to see the Tour Thru Tree (which we walked thru…as Johnny’s hips are a bit too wide for such things. We also ate at a little diner and I fell in love! I have been searching for a place that has a good Eggs Benedict and this tiny diner had the BEST! The owner served us and she was a doll! She treated us like we were regulars and I ate it up. I was half disappointed/half thrilled that we didn’t find this place earlier, as if we had, I would have begged to eat there daily and gained 40 pounds. LOL
We really enjoyed the property at Elk County RV Park and the elk even came to tell us goodbye…we will definitely stay here again someday!
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