57 years a Californian but only drove The Redwood Highway once a few years back. Unforgettable. Best side trip we did was The Lost Coast loop in Humboldt County.
I too have been there many times. My best friend and his father owned property boarding The State Park. We used to walk down to the S. Fork of the Eel River to swim. Right there on the Avenue of the Giants.
Last week Steve took us to the southernmost point of California's coast, now he's shown us its NW counterpart, love it! I'm smack dab in the middle, in Santa Cruz. Always enjoy Steve's Sidetrack Adventures, even if he IS a Padres fan!
San Diego native here. Made that trip in the late 60swith my parents and between Klamath and Crescent City is a family owned place called Trees of Mystery. I have been back three times since. The latest in 2022. The place never disappoints. There is a fee, but well worth it. A raised walkway puts you in the middle of the trees. And the view from the topof the gondola is fantastic. The drive up through the Avenue of the Giants is awesome. As Steve said, it is great to find a spot to pull over and just admire.
Corona native here, 82 yrs old now, my favorite place of all time is the Avenue. but love going on up to Trees of Mystery. Have done it several times, but never enough. I'm hoping to do at least one more trip.
Love Avenue Of Giants, so beautiful and peaceful. Trees Of Mystery is definitely worth the stop. I was there in Sept of 2022. Before that I was there in 2002.
The drive through northern CA and southern OR is magnificent. Driving through the Redwoods (or Sequoia Park, for that matter), is a religious experience, to see those mighty, tall trees and to appreciate their somewhat musky odor. The lighthouses in southern OR, and the myrtlewood trees you can find there, make that part of the country memorable as well. May those trees never disappear
Steve, About 5 years ago my wife and I were at that light house with our daughter and grandson. WE walked up to it a low tide, what a great place! In 1968 I drove 101 from Southern, California, through Oregon, into Washington. Sometimes I got off that road and took the inland highway because El Camino Real, Redwoods, while really scenic, is slow going. at times. I wasn't in a hurry, but there were specific things I wanted to see. Lots of memories and absolutely beautiful country! Thank you, Rik Spector
Drove this highway back in 2016. I had my sunroof wide open and played Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir" while making a GoPro video. The experience among these very tall trees was magical!
Older viewer here, I grew up in the area and I remember seeing downtown Crescent City after the tsunami, or tidal wave as we said at the time, hit. It was unbelievable.
When I was a truck driver, I was deadheaded from Seattle to the Los Angeles area so I could get work done on the truck. My dispatcher told me to take 101 which I was able to do. It's such a beautiful drive! I would love to drive that highway again.
I spent my childhood from before I could even walk, to seeing my parents off for their ashes spreading, on trips up to the Humboldt and Mendocino counties, only a few times did we go up around Del Norte county, but all in all, I'm grateful to have experienced so many wonderful moments and periods of my life in these places. There's something about being away from all the smoke and smog of the Central Valley in the summer, not to mention how much cooler it is up there once you get towards the coast! For anyone who lives in California, or near enough to make the drive, I really hope more folks take a week or two and drive up and down both Highway 1 and 101 in the northern part of California. A lot of things I grew up seeing before the 2008 financial crash may have disappeared or closed up shop, but, the beautiful scenery and near the untouched natural habitats have always remained a blessing for travelers in need of a reset from it all.
@@SidetrackAdventures I have been going up that highway and that area for 60 years now and the fog is always there. Some days it doesn’t burn off till very late afternoon.
Re: the plaque … Back in the 20s and 30s, rich people didnt buy $200 million houses. They bought land and donated it to the state for the redwood 18:54 parks. If you visit Prairie Creek Redwood Park, a grove was donated by and named after my former neighbor FB Loomis… a WW2 3 star Marine General. Another grove was donated by his parents. He was Assistant secretary of State who helped free Panama.
I used to spend part of my summers in the late 1950s in Crescent City very near the beach. I was about 12 years old. Steve, you missed talking about the ship, "Brother Jonathan" which sank right offshore in July 30, 1865. The ship was carrying 244 passengers and crew, with a large shipment of gold. Only 19 people survived, making it the deadliest shipwreck up to that time on the Pacific Coast of the United States. There are graves on the cliffs in Crescent City of some of the people who died. When I was 17 and learning to fly in Grants Pass in 1962, my instructor pilot was trying to raise enough money to search for the gold on the wreck. I don't know if he succeeded in raising the money, but I do know the gold was recovered in 1996. In 1996, searchers using a mini-sub passed a "glint" on the bottom, raising curiosity. On August 30, 1996, divers found 875 gold coins from the 1860s in near-mint condition. Over time, the salvors recovered 1,207 gold coins, primarily $20 double eagles. A huge legal battle occurred between the salvors and California. Finally, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the salvors but the California said they would fight it back to the Supreme Court again and the salvors gave California 20% to shut them up.
Hey Steve, we took a road trip to Seattle some 20 years ago. We stayed a few nights in Crescent City and visited all the parks in the area while exploring Crescent City too. They had a pretty cool aquarium in town. Also some killer tidepools. It was in August an the entire northwest part of our country was experiencing record heat. But not in Crescent City....foggy & cool. It was weird. Glad you made this video. I think the Redwood Forest & the Crescent City area rivals the other natural wonders in California. Man, loggin' some miles aren't you? Last week in most southwest corner of California (and the United States) & this week in the most northwest corner of California. BTW, my wife & I completed a 33 day / 7165 mile road trip from San Diego to Washington DC to Michigan's Upper Peninsula and back home to San Diego. Got home on July 3rd. We live in a beautiful country. Keep up the good work, Dude!
The aquarium is still there. I thought about stopping but the road construction in the area really set us back on time. That trip across the country sounds incredible. Hopefully we can do something like that some day.
Yes it's a big beautiful country to visit. This year we left Maine on March 31st pulling a small trailer and went to Cumberland Gap, where Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia meet then Nashville, on to Arkansas for the eclipse. Then down to Big Bend NP and Guadeloupe Mtn NP in TX, over to NM then up to CO (Pikes Peak, Ouray, Silverton, Great Sand Dunes NP, Florissant Fossil Beds Nat Monument), on to Grand Teton NP and Yellowstone then over to Washington state and the Pacific before heading back across to Glacier NP then up into Canada for a bit to Lake Louise and Banff traveling eventually to Michigan and then back to the east. Total of 61 days and about 11,000 miles. We hit California on a 2018 trip going most of the places you did in Northern CA. Surprised you didn't include the Klamath area disaster and WW2 history.
@@IDNHANTU2day Went a new Bronco we bought back in January. Stayed in 17 different hotels/motels 1 air b&b and the other day/nights with family & friends.
@@michaeldennison436 Wow Man!!!! That's some trip. We also went to Cumberland Gap on our trip. I have kinfolk in Pineville about 12 miles north of Middllesboro & Cumberland Gap. We also stayed 2 nights in Nashville. That town is Vegas like crazy. Had fun in Nashville. Spent 2 nights in Memphis too. We weren't too far from Pikes Peak. We went to Mt Bluesky near Evergreen Colorado. 14,135 feet above sea level. Pretty cool. The I-70 drive from Denver headed west to I-15 in Utah is spectacular.
A trip through the redwoods is like visiting nature’s cathedral. You get the same awe inspiring feeling as when visiting a cathedral like Cologne or Notre Dame.
@@SidetrackAdventures I was very tired that night. I pulled off the road and saw the most awesome sunrise thru the pines. Even my breakfast at that first MC Donald's (below weed I think) was amazing!
I'd just finished watching your video to the NE corner of CA. It's amazing the differences between one end & the other! From ocean coast & lush Redwood forest to sparse lonely volcanic hills & valley! Truly a lot to offer! Thanks for the ride! Safe travels!🙏
Drove the entirety of the 101 southbound from Olympia to San Diego back in July 2021 in our 40' motorhome. It was an amazing drive but the CA portion from the OR border to Redwood Valley is quite the haul in a rig of that size. Did it again from Tillamook OR back down but with a pickup truck and toy hauler a year later. My cousin lives in Loleta so we try to visit from time to time. It's so beautiful up there. Thanks for taking us along with you. If you're going up the OR coast, try to visit all the light houses, it's a ton of fun!
This was great. I am going to retire next year to southern California from NM. My daughter lives in San Diego and I love watching all your outstanding videos of Cali. I can’t wait to actually retire here and ride my motorcycles and sports cars all through the state that your videos have taken me to. Thank you so much for all you do on this channel. Keep filming my friend.
This is the second video I've seen of your work, the first the NE Corner. I live in Del Norte, been up here about 20 years, native Californian. You did a great job hitting the highlights and I couldn't help but laugh when you showed the look out! Oh my! Pecker's Knob is the name the locals have given it, and when you walked up I expected to see the view! How funny. Yes, last chance grade has been falling down the mountain for years, so sorry about the delay during your drive. The plan is to place a tunnel through the hillside. Good job! I hope you enjoyed your visit. I enjoyed your video.
A 1972 family vacation to the Redwoods was rather thrilling, as we found ourselves on a road that dipped up and down for miles, dad turned into Clark Griswold and had our 1969 Plymouth station wagon airborne, mother was not happy about it.
I drove up there from Monrovia with my wife and 2 young sons in the late 70's. We picked and ate wild blackberries along the road and camped at Humboldt State Park and were able to drive through the tree you mentioned..I noticed one small mistake in your video. The line you drew in the sand should have been four and a half inches to the north. Good video and great memories.
Crescent City is such a great place we retired here. CC has>>>> 2 Redwood state parks 1 Redwood national park 1 National rec area 1 national forest 2 lighthouses 1 commercial harbor with 200 boats bringing in fresh catch daily 1 Aquarium 2 casinos 1 wild & scenic river Miles and miles and miles of empty beaches 1 state wildlife area Lots of restaurants 3 lakes Hiking trails out the ying yang Herds of Elk grazing along the roadsides 68F all summer long & 55F all winter long !
Thank you Steve. I really miss California so its nice to be able to go on virtual visits through your and your family's efforts and patience occasionally I presume.
Thank you ever so much steve, boy do I miss those desolate beaches of Northern California and Oregon! That Rocky Coast is absolutely gorgeous! I used to live out there about 40 years ago! And you brought back some fond memories! I've been wondering if that tree still stood that you could drive a car through! They were saplings before the country was ever created!! Thanks again my friend, I'll see you next week!
We are making this trip soon from Redding up to Bandon. We’re going to take I5 on our way up and cut through 138 and follow the Umpqua River, love that drive. On our way back I want to stop at The Trees of Mystery so we will go through the Redwood Highway and take that route. It’s so lovely up there and not crowded.
What a great road trip!!! Growing up in Calif. our family would always go camping in the Redwoods. Richardson's Grove was my dad's favorite. A few times we'd make it to Jedediah Smith Redwoods, but usually stayed way south of that.
I really like your work, bud! I live in Hiouchi, about 7 miles inland from Crescent City, where the marine layer rarely reaches. I'm a native Californian, lived all over the state, and I can honestly say I've found the most perfect weather in the state. Almost always sunny, it rarely hits 85º here, and it even more rarely goes below freezing. One fun point: in honor of my Portuguese mother, I must tell you that Del Norte is pronounced "Del Nort" by the locals (although I don't know if they know why). Thanks for this video!
Thanks for this video! Wife and myself have driven this road three times now. The giant redwoods cannot even be described! You have to go experience them up close and personal. We passed through here on our honeymoon trip from Virginia. My wife said," I could live here!" I told her, no, we can't live here. She said why not? I said "They're all Giants fans up here". I'm originally from the Los Angeles area and like the Dodgers.😂
You usual thorough, humorous, and informative job without any of the unnecessary padding of story, humor, and irrelevant factoids that add nothing but filler. Bravo Steve !
I had the pleasure of motorcycling from Canada all the way down the coast along Highway 101. The Redwoods are something you will never forget. In fact, the entire coast highway was one of my favourite trips of all time. Thanks for sharing the northern tip of it, Steve. Fun fact, southern Ontario at Point Pelee Island in Lake Erie is further south latitude, than where you were. Your videos are great from a visual and a historical point of view. Love from the Philippines to you and your family! ♥
Love your videos. I hope you enjoy making them as much as your subscribers enjoy watching them. I was born in LA 76 years ago and have never traveled that far north.
I've driven up to the Red woods and camped over night but did bypass the freeways going up, took the Coast hwy all the way and was just one of the prettiest drives while daylight and at night wasn't bad either but this was in the earlier 1980's when I was a young man in my early 20's. MY youngest sister owns land that backs up to the Red woods, 640 acres. Hope to see it some day. She's got 17 horse's on it.
SA, I have watched many of your videos. I enjoy them and have been to many of the same places you have documented. I made the coastal hwy drive and seen the magnificent redwoods. I was overwhelmed with emotion. On the negative Crescent City had many homeless encampments by the jetty. Pretty sad. Keep up the good work. Boe
My great grandparents are from Sweden. They came here in the late 1800s. I live here in California. It’s beautiful. I’ll probably never get to Sweden but I’ve heard it’s beautiful. Regards from California. 🇺🇸🇸🇪
Crescent City and the redwood forest there is my favorite place in the world. There used to be a restaurant called Glen's that had a great breakfast menu, and a bakery. They were closed last time I was there but I hope someone re-opened it. There's a nice little museum in town, and a park right by the bay. If you go up past Smith River into Oregon you'll find Harris Beach, and it's beautiful too.
They have a little food truck in the Rightaid parking lot . Several people have tried but it's difficult to operate a bakery year round here . Although the population has grown since the Paradise fires.
@@ribbit876 I think the restaurant side, attached to the bakery was open for breakfast every day. That would probably keep the bakery in business too, but if they tried and it didn't, at least they tried. They had amazing scones! There was another place a long time ago called The Tired Chicken that was a breakfast place, and it went under too. The last time I was there (in the 90s) they were short-handed, and since I've done restaurant work before I rolled up my sleeves and pitched in. After the morning rush, they closed for the day. Great people; I will always remember them.
Steve you've done another great travel adventure. While growing up my family vacation would take us in the old 1969 f 250 camper special all over the western USA and Canada. My favorite was always the 101hwy from Port Angeles,WA to the redwood hwy Golden gate Bridge. I use alot of photographs from Crescent City for my paintings. Now working at a job that take up most of my time, your Videos gives me pause and makes me remember how wonderful the beauty of California is. thanks
A stark contrast to the video you did showing the NorthEast corner of California. Amazing what some reliable rain will do ! Some here say so beautiful. ... So is New England. Visit if you can. Unlike NW Calif.; they welcome you !
Blessed to have lived there for a couple years. Summers were paradise. The Smith River looked like the bluest and most beautiful river I ever saw. Spent a lot of time on the trails through the red woods, along the beaches, and Tolowa Dunes. Had to move because of allergies. Left part of my heart there. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
Thanks again for another great video. I enjoy watching them at night. It helps me relax with your back ground music selections, pieces of historical content and narratives. Keep up the great work and wishing you many more blessed years exploring.
Steve, I enjoy your content and thanks for providing the history and narration. There are original sections of the Redwood Highway designated as “Old Redwood Highway” that veer off from its current course. Specifically from North Petaluma through the towns of Penngrove and Cotati and just north of Santa Rosa through the town of Windsor where it reconnects with current 101 south of Healdsburg. These sections have their own character as they traverse through “downtown” areas of their respective towns. I lived in Petaluma for several years and would often wander to the Penngrove section.
I remember driving north on the 101 several years ago. What was weird was that I was traveling in the right lane (where I should have been, of course), but the left lane (oncoming traffic) was completely fogged in. The center line was the demarcation between completely clear on my side and (almost) completely obscured on the other. You really do have to be prepared for fog in that neck of the woods !!
We live in Redwood Valley, Mendocino county, my parents live just north of Roseburg, Or. So we have made this trip many, many times, just beautiful all of the way up. Crescent city is around the midway point and a natural resting spot, have stayed the night on several occasions when really taking our time.
I've never been up there but i have seen the Redwood Forest on TV a lot over the years and it is really very beautiful up there with beautiful scenery along the coast and it is awesome thank you for the tour and telling the history of it Thank You.🌞🇺🇲
Great video -- I absolutely love the far northern portions of 101. If you look into it, though, "El Camino Real" as a name to describe the southern half of US101 -- was more a revisionist ploy to promote tourism rather than a specific route used by the Spanish. Except for the trails between missions that were limited by mountainous terrain, El Camino Real can better be described as a network of existing trails used since Pre-Columbian times.
Great area to visit, Avenue of the Giants is amazing. The road zigzags through the trees, they make you feel so small. Thanks for another great video Steve..
Ohhhhh I love this area. I took my parents here many years ago, when they visited from England. What a lovely drive from Washington, thru Oregon to The Redwoods, California! Thank you Steve :-)
I grew up and was raised in Crescent City. I never had heard of the massacre. My Grandfather was a from a Native American tribe and never spoke of it, I’m sure he must have known, he was 3rd in line to become Chief. Your video from there brought back many memories of growing up there. Thank you.
Sir, I also live in Del Norte County and I can't remember the name of the book I read about our massacres, but I will try and find out and post it here for you. Blessings. Shocking and crueler than I had known about before reading this book. I'll call my friend now to find out.
Sir I have looked up the author and found the book about the massacres. The books title is : Taa-laa-wa Dee-ni Wee-ya' (Tolowo People's Language) This is written by Loren Bommelyn, 2006. This guy is a power house. Speaks the language, teaches, sings. Amazing history. The book will tell you more history about your relatives even if you are Klamath or Smith River Tribe. Well, hope this will help with the history of your family.
What’s incredible about this video and area: lot of things! As a lifelong Redwoods nut-it’s very interesting how the scope of the Redwood forest basically ends at the California/Oregon border. I had to drive through there to see-at one point around Smith River the Redwoods just don’t appear. Later we went down a road eastward from this area and found Redwoods in Oregon-they’re not by 101 or the coast. It’s all such a beautiful place. The drive north from S.F. to the Oregon border is one of the most amazing and beautiful drives in the country.
I went back in early May to Eureka, and did a day trip up to Golds Beach Oregon and back to Eureka the same day, it was low 70s and no overcast in the morning and the locals told me it’s unusual weather, but it was extremely beautiful and need to go back!
California is such a beautiful state.
Parts of it.
I have taken that road trip three times, and its beauty remains unmatched by any other place in the world to me.
Americans have everything...
You need to check out the cascades scenic biway
@@jugeebean I may just do that, thanks
It's definitely a great road trip.
Highway 22 in Michigan is similarly enchanting if you ever get to that part of the world.
57 years a Californian but only drove The Redwood Highway once a few years back. Unforgettable. Best side trip we did was The Lost Coast loop in Humboldt County.
Can’t say I’ve ever see. A spurs skull gotta love it. Quick recovery for bentancur hopefully
Close by is sleepy Hwy 1 right ON the coast, very close to 101, and they join in places. Twisty, but absolutely gorgeous!
Did you see the zebras near Petrolia?
I have been to the Redwoods many many times. To those that visit, PLEASE get out of the car and walk, look and smell, it's the best of Mother Nature.
@jetsons I agree, it smells great! I grew up in the area and I miss the scent
Just watching as Steve drove along the highway, I swear I could smell the trees!
@@wendyh2708 It smells so much better than the "LITTLE TREES" Car Air Fresheners, the ones that look like a little green Christmas tree..... lol
People pay good money to get that scent in their car haha
I too have been there many times. My best friend and his father owned property boarding The State Park. We used to walk down to the S. Fork of the Eel River to swim. Right there on the Avenue of the Giants.
you're a great dad. one day your son will appreciate all the memories you/wife created for him
I so enjoy your laid back delivery of detailed stories. You are one of the few UA-camrs that lift my spirits, thanks for that.
Continuing the work of Huell Howser. Love it. California Gold!
Last week Steve took us to the southernmost point of California's coast, now he's shown us its NW counterpart, love it! I'm smack dab in the middle, in Santa Cruz. Always enjoy Steve's Sidetrack Adventures, even if he IS a Padres fan!
The Padres are mostly harmless (though they are looking decent right now).
@@SidetrackAdventures Go Pads!
Better a Padres fan than a Dodgers fan.
San Diego native here. Made that trip in the late 60swith my parents and between Klamath and Crescent City is a family owned place called Trees of Mystery. I have been back three times since. The latest in 2022. The place never disappoints. There is a fee, but well worth it. A raised walkway puts you in the middle of the trees. And the view from the topof the gondola is fantastic. The drive up through the Avenue of the Giants is awesome. As Steve said, it is great to find a spot to pull over and just admire.
Corona native here, 82 yrs old now, my favorite place of all time is the Avenue. but love going on up to Trees of Mystery. Have done it several times, but never enough. I'm hoping to do at least one more trip.
Trees of Mystery is still awesome!!
Love Avenue Of Giants, so beautiful and peaceful. Trees Of Mystery is definitely worth the stop. I was there in Sept of 2022. Before that I was there in 2002.
@jennysjourney02 I just checked my pictures, and we were there September 7, 2022, at 10 am.
The drive through northern CA and southern OR is magnificent. Driving through the Redwoods (or Sequoia Park, for that matter), is a religious experience, to see those mighty, tall trees and to appreciate their somewhat musky odor. The lighthouses in southern OR, and the myrtlewood trees you can find there, make that part of the country memorable as well. May those trees never disappear
I love your sense of humor and calm narration, Steve!
Out of all the Highways, Redwood Highway is my favorite! I LOVE driving through the Redwoods! It is such a spiritual and magical feeling.
Steve,
About 5 years ago my wife and I were at that light house with our daughter and grandson.
WE walked up to it a low tide, what a great place!
In 1968 I drove 101 from Southern, California, through Oregon, into Washington.
Sometimes I got off that road and took the inland highway because El Camino Real, Redwoods, while really scenic,
is slow going. at times.
I wasn't in a hurry, but there were specific things I wanted to see.
Lots of memories and absolutely beautiful country!
Thank you,
Rik Spector
It certainly is a beautiful road trip. Amazing scenery and pockets of history.
Drove this highway back in 2016. I had my sunroof wide open and played Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir" while making a GoPro video. The experience among these very tall trees was magical!
I've done that trip many times. It never gets old.
It's such an amazing drive.
Older viewer here, I grew up in the area and I remember seeing downtown Crescent City after the tsunami, or tidal wave as we said at the time, hit. It was unbelievable.
I've seen some of the pictures. It's incredible what mother nature can do.
I saw this guy in person one time when I was on a lunch break in Mission Valley. Nice guy! Great channel. 👍
When I was a truck driver, I was deadheaded from Seattle to the Los Angeles area so I could get work done on the truck. My dispatcher told me to take 101 which I was able to do. It's such a beautiful drive! I would love to drive that highway again.
I spent my childhood from before I could even walk, to seeing my parents off for their ashes spreading, on trips up to the Humboldt and Mendocino counties, only a few times did we go up around Del Norte county, but all in all, I'm grateful to have experienced so many wonderful moments and periods of my life in these places.
There's something about being away from all the smoke and smog of the Central Valley in the summer, not to mention how much cooler it is up there once you get towards the coast!
For anyone who lives in California, or near enough to make the drive, I really hope more folks take a week or two and drive up and down both Highway 1 and 101 in the northern part of California. A lot of things I grew up seeing before the 2008 financial crash may have disappeared or closed up shop, but, the beautiful scenery and near the untouched natural habitats have always remained a blessing for travelers in need of a reset from it all.
The 'marine layer' is a common occurrence along the coastline. Thanks, Steve! I look forward to Wednesdays and another episode!
Always
I was hoping that by getting there around noon it would have been burnt off, but it lasted until about 2ish.
@@SidetrackAdventures I have been going up that highway and that area for 60 years now and the fog is always there. Some days it doesn’t burn off till very late afternoon.
Re: the plaque … Back in the 20s and 30s, rich people didnt buy $200 million houses. They bought land and donated it to the state for the redwood 18:54 parks.
If you visit Prairie Creek Redwood Park, a grove was donated by and named after my former neighbor FB Loomis… a WW2 3 star Marine General. Another grove was donated by his parents. He was Assistant secretary of State who helped free Panama.
I used to spend part of my summers in the late 1950s in Crescent City very near the beach. I was about 12 years old. Steve, you missed talking about the ship, "Brother Jonathan" which sank right offshore in July 30, 1865. The ship was carrying 244 passengers and crew, with a large shipment of gold. Only 19 people survived, making it the deadliest shipwreck up to that time on the Pacific Coast of the United States. There are graves on the cliffs in Crescent City of some of the people who died. When I was 17 and learning to fly in Grants Pass in 1962, my instructor pilot was trying to raise enough money to search for the gold on the wreck. I don't know if he succeeded in raising the money, but I do know the gold was recovered in 1996. In 1996, searchers using a mini-sub passed a "glint" on the bottom, raising curiosity. On August 30, 1996, divers found 875 gold coins from the 1860s in near-mint condition. Over time, the salvors recovered 1,207 gold coins, primarily $20 double eagles. A huge legal battle occurred between the salvors and California. Finally, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the salvors but the California said they would fight it back to the Supreme Court again and the salvors gave California 20% to shut them up.
Lived in Bay Area for over 50 yrs and have learned more about this beautiful state through your vids than I ever imagined.
Hey Steve, we took a road trip to Seattle some 20 years ago. We stayed a few nights in Crescent City and visited all the parks in the area while exploring Crescent City too. They had a pretty cool aquarium in town. Also some killer tidepools. It was in August an the entire northwest part of our country was experiencing record heat. But not in Crescent City....foggy & cool. It was weird. Glad you made this video. I think the Redwood Forest & the Crescent City area rivals the other natural wonders in California. Man, loggin' some miles aren't you? Last week in most southwest corner of California (and the United States) & this week in the most northwest corner of California. BTW, my wife & I completed a 33 day / 7165 mile road trip from San Diego to Washington DC to Michigan's Upper Peninsula and back home to San Diego. Got home on July 3rd. We live in a beautiful country. Keep up the good work, Dude!
Were you in a motor home?
The aquarium is still there. I thought about stopping but the road construction in the area really set us back on time. That trip across the country sounds incredible. Hopefully we can do something like that some day.
Yes it's a big beautiful country to visit. This year we left Maine on March 31st pulling a small trailer and went to Cumberland Gap, where Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia meet then Nashville, on to Arkansas for the eclipse. Then down to Big Bend NP and Guadeloupe Mtn NP in TX, over to NM then up to CO (Pikes Peak, Ouray, Silverton, Great Sand Dunes NP, Florissant Fossil Beds Nat Monument), on to Grand Teton NP and Yellowstone then over to Washington state and the Pacific before heading back across to Glacier NP then up into Canada for a bit to Lake Louise and Banff traveling eventually to Michigan and then back to the east. Total of 61 days and about 11,000 miles. We hit California on a 2018 trip going most of the places you did in Northern CA. Surprised you didn't include the Klamath area disaster and WW2 history.
@@IDNHANTU2day Went a new Bronco we bought back in January. Stayed in 17 different hotels/motels 1 air b&b and the other day/nights with family & friends.
@@michaeldennison436 Wow Man!!!! That's some trip. We also went to Cumberland Gap on our trip. I have kinfolk in Pineville about 12 miles north of Middllesboro & Cumberland Gap. We also stayed 2 nights in Nashville. That town is Vegas like crazy. Had fun in Nashville. Spent 2 nights in Memphis too. We weren't too far from Pikes Peak. We went to Mt Bluesky near Evergreen Colorado. 14,135 feet above sea level. Pretty cool. The I-70 drive from Denver headed west to I-15 in Utah is spectacular.
A trip through the redwoods is like visiting nature’s cathedral. You get the same awe inspiring feeling as when visiting a cathedral like Cologne or Notre Dame.
Had a chance to drive that way last year. Since I moved out of California I seldom visit, but that corner is gorgeous.
Having visited all the corners now, it's easily the most beautiful.
@@SidetrackAdventures I was very tired that night. I pulled off the road and saw the most awesome sunrise thru the pines. Even my breakfast at that first MC Donald's (below weed I think) was amazing!
I'd just finished watching your video to the NE corner of CA. It's amazing the differences between one end & the other! From ocean coast & lush Redwood forest to sparse lonely volcanic hills & valley! Truly a lot to offer! Thanks for the ride! Safe travels!🙏
Drove the entirety of the 101 southbound from Olympia to San Diego back in July 2021 in our 40' motorhome. It was an amazing drive but the CA portion from the OR border to Redwood Valley is quite the haul in a rig of that size. Did it again from Tillamook OR back down but with a pickup truck and toy hauler a year later. My cousin lives in Loleta so we try to visit from time to time. It's so beautiful up there. Thanks for taking us along with you. If you're going up the OR coast, try to visit all the light houses, it's a ton of fun!
This has to be the most beautiful hwy in the US.
This was great. I am going to retire next year to southern California from NM. My daughter lives in San Diego and I love watching all your outstanding videos of Cali. I can’t wait to actually retire here and ride my motorcycles and sports cars all through the state that your videos have taken me to. Thank you so much for all you do on this channel. Keep filming my friend.
This is the second video I've seen of your work, the first the NE Corner. I live in Del Norte, been up here about 20 years, native Californian. You did a great job hitting the highlights and I couldn't help but laugh when you showed the look out! Oh my! Pecker's Knob is the name the locals have given it, and when you walked up I expected to see the view! How funny. Yes, last chance grade has been falling down the mountain for years, so sorry about the delay during your drive. The plan is to place a tunnel through the hillside. Good job! I hope you enjoyed your visit. I enjoyed your video.
Is it true you're supposed to pronounce "Del Norte" like "Del Nort"?
@@TalKScribe Yes. However, everyone makes that mistake when they first come here. No big deal.
A 1972 family vacation to the Redwoods was rather thrilling, as we found ourselves on a road that dipped up and down for miles, dad turned into Clark Griswold and had our 1969 Plymouth station wagon airborne, mother was not happy about it.
Love your channel!!! Always professionally done and informative!
Thanks so much!
I drove up there from Monrovia with my wife and 2 young sons in the late 70's. We picked and ate wild blackberries along the road and camped at Humboldt State Park and were able to drive through the tree you mentioned..I noticed one small mistake in your video. The line you drew in the sand should have been four and a half inches to the north. Good video and great memories.
Crescent City is such a great place we retired here. CC has>>>>
2 Redwood state parks
1 Redwood national park
1 National rec area
1 national forest
2 lighthouses
1 commercial harbor with 200 boats bringing in fresh catch daily
1 Aquarium
2 casinos
1 wild & scenic river
Miles and miles and miles of empty beaches
1 state wildlife area
Lots of restaurants
3 lakes
Hiking trails out the ying yang
Herds of Elk grazing along the roadsides
68F all summer long & 55F all winter long
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Plus the caves on the way to Oregon!
Sold! You had me at 68F all summer long.
And just to spice things up we get snow every fithteen years or so .
Thank you Steve. I really miss California so its nice to be able to go on virtual visits through your and your family's efforts and patience occasionally I presume.
Thank you ever so much steve, boy do I miss those desolate beaches of Northern California and Oregon! That Rocky Coast is absolutely gorgeous! I used to live out there about 40 years ago! And you brought back some fond memories! I've been wondering if that tree still stood that you could drive a car through! They were saplings before the country was ever created!! Thanks again my friend, I'll see you next week!
One of my all time favorite places to visit. I want to go at least once more while I still can.
We are making this trip soon from Redding up to Bandon. We’re going to take I5 on our way up and cut through 138 and follow the Umpqua River, love that drive. On our way back I want to stop at The Trees of Mystery so we will go through the Redwood Highway and take that route. It’s so lovely up there and not crowded.
What a great road trip!!! Growing up in Calif. our family would always go camping in the Redwoods. Richardson's Grove was my dad's favorite. A few times we'd make it to Jedediah Smith Redwoods, but usually stayed way south of that.
I have fond childhood memories of camping at Richardsons grove and getting ice cream at the little general store there. So long ago.
Steve, many thanks for another GREAT adventure! And thanks again for the 4K video!
I really like your work, bud! I live in Hiouchi, about 7 miles inland from Crescent City, where the marine layer rarely reaches. I'm a native Californian, lived all over the state, and I can honestly say I've found the most perfect weather in the state. Almost always sunny, it rarely hits 85º here, and it even more rarely goes below freezing. One fun point: in honor of my Portuguese mother, I must tell you that Del Norte is pronounced "Del Nort" by the locals (although I don't know if they know why). Thanks for this video!
Thanks for this video! Wife and myself have driven this road three times now. The giant redwoods cannot even be described! You have to go experience them up close and personal. We passed through here on our honeymoon trip from Virginia. My wife said," I could live here!" I told her, no, we can't live here. She said why not? I said "They're all Giants fans up here". I'm originally from the Los Angeles area and like the Dodgers.😂
You usual thorough, humorous, and informative job without any of the unnecessary padding of story, humor, and irrelevant factoids that add nothing but filler. Bravo Steve !
When you're having a rough day you can't get better than one of your informative relaxing videos. Much appreciated
I had the pleasure of motorcycling from Canada all the way down the coast along Highway 101. The Redwoods are something you will never forget. In fact, the entire coast highway was one of my favourite trips of all time.
Thanks for sharing the northern tip of it, Steve.
Fun fact, southern Ontario at Point Pelee Island in Lake Erie is further south latitude, than where you were.
Your videos are great from a visual and a historical point of view.
Love from the Philippines to you and your family! ♥
Thank you. Glad you enjoy the videos.
Love your videos. I hope you enjoy making them as much as your subscribers enjoy watching them. I was born in LA 76 years ago and have never traveled that far north.
I love your calm narration and interesting facts combined with the beauty of California. It’s like a mini vacation.
Thanks for making/posting this. As a native Californian, i love this place!!
I've driven up to the Red woods and camped over night but did bypass the freeways going up, took the Coast hwy all the way and was just one of the prettiest drives while daylight and at night wasn't bad either but this was in the earlier 1980's when I was a young man in my early 20's. MY youngest sister owns land that backs up to the Red woods, 640 acres. Hope to see it some day. She's got 17 horse's on it.
Oh now you need to do a north east corner.
Next week's video.
@@SidetrackAdventures That'll be interesting to see. That part of the state is much more remote and more difficult to access.
I've been up 101 many times this is a very enlightening video, Thanks. I've been past that ship many times but never stopped.... now I wish I had.
Watching this video on a Sunday morning - a wonderfully peaceful way to begin the day. Thank you!
Watching this video while wearing my Trees of Mystery T shirt.
The is the west coast that appeals to me the most, I love the forests they’re so beautiful!
SA,
I have watched many of your videos. I enjoy them and have been to many of the same places you have documented.
I made the coastal hwy drive and seen the magnificent redwoods. I was overwhelmed with emotion. On the negative Crescent City had many homeless encampments by the jetty. Pretty sad. Keep up the good work. Boe
My travel bucket list gets longer with every video you post! Thanks!
Your videos are like being a virtual tourist visiting places i probably never will visit my self
Regards from Sweden.
My great grandparents are from Sweden. They came here in the late 1800s. I live here in California. It’s beautiful. I’ll probably never get to Sweden but I’ve heard it’s beautiful. Regards from California. 🇺🇸🇸🇪
I grew up in medford and went to brookings often with the family. I remember stopping at the shipashore gift shop in the 70s.😊
Crescent City and the redwood forest there is my favorite place in the world. There used to be a restaurant called Glen's that had a great breakfast menu, and a bakery. They were closed last time I was there but I hope someone re-opened it. There's a nice little museum in town, and a park right by the bay. If you go up past Smith River into Oregon you'll find Harris Beach, and it's beautiful too.
They have a little food truck in the Rightaid parking lot . Several people have tried but it's difficult to operate a bakery year round here . Although the population has grown since the Paradise fires.
@@ribbit876 I think the restaurant side, attached to the bakery was open for breakfast every day. That would probably keep the bakery in business too, but if they tried and it didn't, at least they tried. They had amazing scones! There was another place a long time ago called The Tired Chicken that was a breakfast place, and it went under too. The last time I was there (in the 90s) they were short-handed, and since I've done restaurant work before I rolled up my sleeves and pitched in. After the morning rush, they closed for the day. Great people; I will always remember them.
Thanks for producing such informative and entertaining videos. I really appreciate your work! 👍👍👍👍
Great photography, great narrative, great music!
And an obvious love of being out on a road trip. Keep it up. Thanks!.
What a lovely drive. Always love the sound of the ocean waves breaking on the beach.
I grew up in SD, but always loved NoCal. Especially up in that area. Thank you for the memories!
Steve you've done another great travel adventure. While growing up my family vacation would take us in the old 1969 f 250 camper special all over the western USA and Canada. My favorite was always the 101hwy from Port Angeles,WA to the redwood hwy Golden gate Bridge. I use alot of photographs from Crescent City for my paintings. Now working at a job that take up most of my time, your Videos gives me pause and makes me remember how wonderful the beauty of California is.
thanks
Very good descriptive narrative. I appreciate your orienting us.
A stark contrast to the video you did showing the NorthEast corner of California. Amazing what some reliable rain will do !
Some here say so beautiful. ... So is New England. Visit if you can. Unlike NW Calif.; they welcome you !
Blessed to have lived there for a couple years. Summers were paradise. The Smith River looked like the bluest and most beautiful river I ever saw. Spent a lot of time on the trails through the red woods, along the beaches, and Tolowa Dunes. Had to move because of allergies. Left part of my heart there. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
I really enjoy your videos. Good narration and excellent photography. Thanks.
You learn something new everyday, and I love learning new things from your videos. Keep them coming!
Thanks again for another great video. I enjoy watching them at night. It helps me relax with your back ground music selections, pieces of historical content and narratives. Keep up the great work and wishing you many more blessed years exploring.
Beautiful trip. I made this trip with my parents when I was a young teen. I'm 69 now so it's certainly been a while.
Steve, I enjoy your content and thanks for providing the history and narration. There are original sections of the Redwood Highway designated as “Old Redwood Highway” that veer off from its current course. Specifically from North Petaluma through the towns of Penngrove and Cotati and just north of Santa Rosa through the town of Windsor where it reconnects with current 101 south of Healdsburg. These sections have their own character as they traverse through “downtown” areas of their respective towns. I lived in Petaluma for several years and would often wander to the Penngrove section.
As always THANKS for another awesome video!!!
I remember driving north on the 101 several years ago. What was weird was that I was traveling in the right lane (where I should have been, of course), but the left lane (oncoming traffic) was completely fogged in. The center line was the demarcation between completely clear on my side and (almost) completely obscured on the other. You really do have to be prepared for fog in that neck of the woods !!
Again another interesting video, & another sidetracke trip I never got to make....someday I will return😂
Steve
You are a consummate educator. Love you commentary and your photography. Keep up the great work.
Many thanks for taking us along hope your family enjoyed the journey as much as I did🤗😎🤗😎
Nice. Well thought out and delivered. Thank You
A beautiful part of my favorite state.
We live in Redwood Valley, Mendocino county, my parents live just north of Roseburg, Or. So we have made this trip many, many times, just beautiful all of the way up. Crescent city is around the midway point and a natural resting spot, have stayed the night on several occasions when really taking our time.
My grandparents lived in Roseburg. Used to visit there almost every year.
The coast of the ocean is where you go to have your troubles soothed away.
Thank you Steve, love the work you do.
We visited the Muir Redwood forest! And likely drove this road to get there! Thanks Steve
I've never been up there but i have seen the Redwood Forest
on TV a lot over the years and it is really very beautiful up
there with beautiful scenery along the coast and it is awesome
thank you for the tour and telling the history of it Thank You.🌞🇺🇲
Glad you enjoyed it.
Great video -- I absolutely love the far northern portions of 101. If you look into it, though, "El Camino Real" as a name to describe the southern half of US101 -- was more a revisionist ploy to promote tourism rather than a specific route used by the Spanish. Except for the trails between missions that were limited by mountainous terrain, El Camino Real can better be described as a network of existing trails used since Pre-Columbian times.
I enjoy the combination of sightseeing and history
Wow, to see one of your vids with trees in it , it's just amazing🙃
Great area to visit, Avenue of the Giants is amazing. The road zigzags through the trees, they make you feel so small.
Thanks for another great video Steve..
Another awesome video. I live in PA. and I its so nice to start my workday off with a cup of tea and a Sidetrack Adventure.
I'll probably never get to the west so appreciate your videos.
Ohhhhh I love this area. I took my parents here many years ago, when they visited from England. What a lovely drive from Washington, thru Oregon to The Redwoods, California!
Thank you Steve :-)
I grew up and was raised in Crescent City. I never had heard of the massacre. My Grandfather was a from a Native American tribe and never spoke of it, I’m sure he must have known, he was 3rd in line to become Chief. Your video from there brought back many memories of growing up there. Thank you.
Sir, I also live in Del Norte County and I can't remember the name of the book I read about our massacres, but I will try and find out and post it here for you. Blessings. Shocking and crueler than I had known about before reading this book. I'll call my friend now to find out.
Sir I have looked up the author and found the book about the massacres. The books title is : Taa-laa-wa Dee-ni Wee-ya' (Tolowo People's Language) This is written by Loren Bommelyn, 2006. This guy is a power house. Speaks the language, teaches, sings. Amazing history. The book will tell you more history about your relatives even if you are Klamath or Smith River Tribe. Well, hope this will help with the history of your family.
Just spent a week at Jed Smith State Park last week and it is truly a magical place.
Love the visit to Northern California! Great narative!
IDK If you have ever covered The Avenue of the Giants. But that is the real gem in that area.
Absolutely stunning. Thank you so much Steve
What’s incredible about this video and area: lot of things! As a lifelong Redwoods nut-it’s very interesting how the scope of the Redwood forest basically ends at the California/Oregon border. I had to drive through there to see-at one point around Smith River the Redwoods just don’t appear. Later we went down a road eastward from this area and found Redwoods in Oregon-they’re not by 101 or the coast. It’s all such a beautiful place. The drive north from S.F. to the Oregon border is one of the most amazing and beautiful drives in the country.
Thanks for another great trip Steve.. Thanks for taking us along.
From one end of California to the other!! Great trip 😃!
I went back in early May to Eureka, and did a day trip up to Golds Beach Oregon and back to Eureka the same day, it was low 70s and no overcast in the morning and the locals told me it’s unusual weather, but it was extremely beautiful and need to go back!
So beautiful 😍 thank you !!!