California Trip Day One - Travel to the edge of the Redwoods

Our cabin in the Redwoods

They were standing on one side of the trunk. I was standing on the other side of the same trunk.

Swinging on the porch

Saturday we left DuPont and drove all the way to Crescent City, California. This was the first night of two that we stayed in a KOA cabin. These cabins were scattered about right in the redwood trees, which was very neat. I had been wanting to try the cabins out but never have been at the right place, right time. I figured it had a large potential to be miserable with having to make the beds and go to the bathhouse, especially with a newly potty trained three year old. In reality, it was nice. This campground was a little bit nicer than the second one we stayed in but they were both nice. I won't say that we saved much money by doing this, which was disappointing, but it was nice to park right at the door and have a playground for the kids. After going for supper, we came back and they played till they had all the riding out of them. We had ice cream and then went to bed. We did find the simple style to get us in bed earlier and up and out earlier the next morning. No distracting TV, everyone hurried in the bathroom, and the kids were ready to try out the bunkbeds each evening. We did have to carry bed linens, pillows and towels with us to use these but we had plenty of room for them so that wasn't a problem. All in all, we will probably do it again if the opportunity presents itself. We were ready to hit the Redwoods the next day!