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Originally Posted by Artstream Thanks for all the great advice!!!!
Working in some of the excellent suggestions you have giving me and looking at the map but not knowing what I'm looking at, the following looks like a route.
Don't know what boondocking opportunities are available , so any specific suggestions would be appreciated.
Correct any gross errors in planing or make suggestions.
80 east from grass valley to 267 south to kings beach at lake Tahoe.
28 south to lake Tahoe NV. State park.
Pick-up 50 at Spooner Junction, to 395 and Stewart.
395 South to Lee Vinning and Yosemite.
To 178 Sequoia NF
395 south to 58 East to Barstow and then somehow towards Houston TX or Dallas.
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Sequoia:
Lodge Pole campground has room for big trailers, and tow vehicles. Enter from hwy180, Kings Canyon, and head south. The southern Entrance ( three rivers) is too twisty, and steep for trailers over 22ft. It gets in the mid 40's at night up there right now, be prepared for cold nights. ( and bears)
395 gets busy, 58 is an interesting road. You can take I 40 East to Amarillo, from there head southeast on 287 to Dallas. You avoid West Texas that way.
If I had three weeks, then I would spend more time on the CA coast, making my way from SF south to Laguna Beach. Laguna has much to offer to artists and art lovers alike. 395 is fine for making time, but doesn't offer much more than pleasant long vistas of the Eastern Sierras. Hwy 101 and perhaps sections of Hwy 1 are definitely more scenic, and offer more things to do to the weary traveller. You could visit the NoHo arts district, museums etc, while near LA, experience the incredible traffic congestion in and around LA, but also watch incredible sunsets over the Pacific. The coastal mountain range between Monterey and Santa Barbara is simply beautiful. You would be visiting the wine country around Paso Robles, and perhaps visit with Elephant Seals north of Moro Bay. Now that school is in, finding a nice camping spot should be much easier than in August.