In the very beginning stages of planning a short 3 (maybe 4) day trip to Northern cali. Its a simple enough drive. Wanna go see the redwood national forest of course. What are some cool things to do in Northern cali that is also budget friendly? Going in late march.
French Laundry. Are you hitting up the bay area at all? Alcatraz is pretty cool. The Winchester Mystery house in San Jose is cool too.
Grab the Caesar's casino app. They've been offering really cheap rates for their two hotels at Lake Tahoe.
I dont think we're heading that far south. We're only alloted a few days so we do have to be somewhat quick in our trip. That to say, SF would be awesome. Heard a lot about the Winchester house and ill get to that eventually. But really, el prez... why you offering me things that don't include the hookers and blow?
Hmmm... that might be interesting for a night. I was looking at Shasta too. We are probably gonna airbnb most of it.
Lol when I went by weed on I5 as a 13 year old I laughed my ass off. Hell, I'd probably do that today too.
The northwestern corner of Cali is pretty cool. Not sure how much is open but the Trees Of Mystery is always cool (tourist trap be damned). The drive thru red wood is always interesting (fun fact, my wife’s POS Chevy Vega crapped out exactly in the middle of that “tunnel” when she was in college. Pissed a lot of other tourists off). And if you’re interested, Arcata (next to Eureka) has a very cool (and highly recognized) constructed wetlands and wildlife sanctuary that is actually their municipal wastewater treatment system. It’s a great place for a hike in the great outdoors (and should be open during the pandemic). Very pretty. You’d never know it had an actual purpose other than nature. Plus, that whole section of coast from Mendocino north is absolutely awesome. My wife and I did a leisurely drive (despite the wildfires) through there 2 years ago and had a very enjoyable time. It’s just a stretch of country that doesn’t need a particular destination. Just kick back and keep an open mind. Hard to believe it’s even related to the rest of Cali.......
Driving to Tahoe will take you as long as going to SF. More actually. North of Napa I’m not sure what there really is to do, it’s a lot of land and not much to actually do. Shasta I suppose and the coast is nice, Mendocino etc.
There are two historically protected townships in Calif....Santa Cruz and Nevada City in the Sierras...gold rush town..Nevada City is my favorite town in California...the middle fork of the Yuba River is beautiful...the town is tucked in the hills with old gold rush buildings....great little town....you could get there easily from Shasta....the Eureka area is rain soaked this time of year...easy to drive to Tahoe from there as well....
I lived just north of there from the 70s to early 80s...my 11 acres was 30 miles north of Nevada City....lot of art, music and all in the county there. Great rivers....and no neon signs or strip malls....all mom and pop shops. Gaslight street lamps...beautiful area....after my divorce I leased an 11 bedroom victorian on Broad St there and rented rooms.....that was a great time of my life
It might be a little chilly still in March, but a 1/2 day rental of a houseboat to putter around either Shasta Lake or Whiskeytown Lake (just west of Redding) is quite nice. Hwy 299 from I5 to 101 is a great drive. Halfway to Eureka is a cute old gold mining town called Weaverville. At the west end of the drive, Lufenholtz Beach near Arcata is gorgeous, and the little fish pace at the end of the pier is delicious. Arcata is a fun little college town. And of course, the drive south down Hwy 1 is a world-class event. I lived in Sacramento way too long and even so, there is little threre that I would recommend.
Used to be an incredible blues club in old town Sac....I think it was called the Club 88 or something like that...saw Robert Cray there before he was famous
My oldest son is a lineman in Cali and he told me last week that a lot of the Redwoods are gone now from the fires....so is much of the landscape along hiway 101 in Carmel and Big Sur....Bug Sur is unreachable by car now.....it's sad....my son was born and raised in the Sierras...has worked from Santa Barbara to Eureka in the woods for many, many years installing power lines...he sent me photos and I wouldn't recognize many of those areas today...the fires have altered the landscape drastically
