California Archives

Details of two RV parks on prime oceanfront property spark controversy, community outrage, in SoCal

Randall Brink - February 18, 2023

Two proposals to develop RV parks on prime southern California oceanfront property are stirring controversy in San Diego. De Anza Cove De Anza Cove is in...

A county in California just reversed its ban on Harvest Hosts

Jeff Clemishaw - February 18, 2023

Back in December, I wrote an article detailing an ongoing conflict in San Luis Obispo (SLO) County, California, over Harvest Hosts locations. Over the...

Spring 2023 brings spectacular wildflowers—and crowds

RV Travel - February 11, 2023

With spectacular wildflower blooms expected this spring that may attract thousands of people to the outdoors, California State Parks is providing visitors with tips...

A very, very wet Valentine’s Day in Borrego Springs

RV Travel - February 9, 2023

By Rod Andrew After several years of wandering through the Western USA, my wife and I finally settled on a place we wanted to spend...

RV Daily Tips. Monday, December 26, 2022

Newsletter Editor - December 26, 2022

Issue 2021 Welcome to RV Travel’s Daily Tips Newsletter, where you’ll find helpful RV-related tips from the pros, travel advice, product reviews and more. Thanks...

Oregon, California federal parks to honor each others’ passes

RV Travel - December 19, 2022

Due to overwhelming public support, Crater Lake National Park (Oregon), Lava Beds National Monument, Lassen Volcanic National Park and Whiskeytown National Recreation Area (all...

Harvest Hosts locations cited for operating illegal campgrounds

Jeff Clemishaw - December 17, 2022

Harvest Hosts is a program that needs no introduction in the RV community. For many travelers, these free campsites on farms, ranches, wineries, and...

“Christmas in Coloma” celebration returns to gold discovery site

RV Travel - December 3, 2022

California State Parks will hold its annual “Christmas in Coloma” holiday celebration at Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park (SHP) on Saturday and Sunday,...

Great expectations: Revisiting places that aren’t as you remember them

RV Travel - December 2, 2022

By Rod Andrew My wife and I were fortunate to have two friends guide us on our first RV trip from British Columbia to Southern...

RV Daily Tips. Monday, October 31, 2022

Newsletter Editor - October 31, 2022

Issue 1981 Welcome to RV Travel’s Daily Tips Newsletter, where you’ll find helpful RV-related tips from the pros, travel advice, product reviews and more. Thanks...

Do you dare drive these five spooky California haunted roads?

Video Editor - October 30, 2022

By Cheri Sicard California covers a lot of varied terrains. There are a lot of roads and a lot of them can be treacherous and/or...

RVers’ day touring the incredible Avenue of the Giants

Nanci Dixon - October 21, 2022

The Avenue of the Giants is a 32-mile scenic drive winding around the enormous redwood trees. It stretches from Scotia, California, in the north,...

California’s Alabama Hills camping opportunities expanded

Chuck Woodbury - October 8, 2022

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and its partners have completed improvements to the Alabama Hills National Scenic Area. Signs have been installed to...

California State Parks campground closing due to drought

RV Travel - July 27, 2022

California State Parks will close the campground at Portola Redwoods State Park due to lower water flows in Peters Creek, the park’s primary water...

Drought, wildfires… Will Californians head off to greener pastures?

Chuck Woodbury - June 17, 2022

Two weeks ago I spent a couple of hours in Paradise, California, where in November 2018 most of the Northern California town was destroyed...

California generator ban ignites comments from our readers

Russ and Tiña De Maris - April 30, 2022

A few weeks ago RVtravel.com reported on the upcoming ban on the sale of most RV generators in California. Simply put, in 2024, portable...

Campgrounds to open April 29 along California’s Trinity River

RV Travel - April 14, 2022

REDDING, Calif. — The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is preparing to open Trinity River campgrounds along California State Highway 299 on Friday, April...

I climbed inside the belly of a dinosaur and came out its mouth!

Emily Woodbury - April 1, 2022

This is not, I repeat NOT, an April Fools' joke. I really did climb straight inside a dinosaur's belly. And not just any dinosaur...

RV Daily Tips. Monday, February 7, 2022

Newsletter Editor - February 7, 2022

Issue 1791 Welcome to another edition of RV Travel’s Daily Tips newsletter. Here you’ll find helpful RV-related and living tips from the pros, travel advice,...

Help “reimagine” California’s oldest, and now devastated, state park

RV Travel - February 5, 2022

California State Parks is urging the public to get involved and to learn more about the “Reimagining Big Basin” project, a project that will...

Finding the magic in unknown places, the reason we travel

Emily Woodbury - February 4, 2022

By Emily Woodbury There's a special kind of magic that seems to rest in the air in the high California desert. I've felt a similar...

RV Daily Tips. Thursday, February 3, 2022

Newsletter Editor - February 3, 2022

Issue 1789 Welcome to another edition of RV Travel’s Daily Tips newsletter. Here you’ll find helpful RV-related and living tips from the pros, travel advice,...

Breaking News: California vote complicates future use of RV generators

RV Travel - December 10, 2021

BREAKING NEWS (Friday, Dec. 10, 2021) — California regulators voted yesterday to ban the sale of new gas-powered leaf blowers and lawn mowers starting in...

California National Forests still closed

RV Travel - September 11, 2021

All National Forests in California's Pacific Southwest region are still closed, and will be so until at least Sept. 17. The order does not...

All National Forests in California closed by wildfires until at least Sept 17

Mike Gast - September 1, 2021

All 17 U.S. National Forests in California have been ordered closed due to either active fires or the threat of new fires. The closure...

This road-trip road should be number one on your bucket list

Chris Epting - August 27, 2021

If there is a bucket list for roads, Highway 1 on the California coast must certainly place near the top of the list, if...

In the last 20 years have you visited a California redwood grove?

Emily Woodbury - May 2, 2021

Oh, the beautiful redwood forests! Have you ever been to any of the beautiful, mysterious groves in California? If so, when was the last...

Out-of-state motorhomes are exempt in California smog plan

Russ and Tiña De Maris - April 23, 2021

By Russ and Tiña De Maris In early March we reported on the new pollution-reduction rule-making going on in California. The California Air Resources Board...

California to roll out mandatory motorhome emissions testing

Russ and Tiña De Maris - March 6, 2021

By Russ and Tiña De Maris Got a big diesel motorhome? What's big? A motorhome that tips the gross vehicle weight scale of 14,000 pounds...

RV Daily Tips. Friday, January 29, 2021

Newsletter Editor - January 29, 2021

Issue 1525 Welcome to another edition of RV Travel’s Daily Tips newsletter. Here you’ll find helpful RV-related and living tips from the pros, travel advice,...

California traveling – Are you locked out of RV parks?

Russ and Tiña De Maris - December 8, 2020

By Russ and Tiña De Maris There’s been plenty of confusion about the status of RV parks in California. With new restrictions being put in...

Updated status of California campground closures over COVID-19 concerns

Chuck Woodbury - December 5, 2020

This was updated at 4 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020 (December 3, 2020) — Californians will see sharp new limits on public gatherings and shopping...

National Forests closed throughout California

Russ and Tiña De Maris - September 10, 2020

By Russ and Tiña De Maris All of California’s U.S. National Forests closed in an unprecedented move toward safety. Earlier, eight of the Golden State...

Trees of Mystery – Popular outdoor destination in the Redwoods

Julianne G. Crane - July 9, 2020

By Julianne G. Crane Since the mid-'40s, the Trees of Mystery in northern California has been a favorite stopover for many travelers driving along U.S. Highway...

Peek inside the top luxury RV resort in the U.S. Would you pay $800,000 to live here?

Emily Woodbury - June 5, 2020

Motorcoach Country Club in Indio, California, about half an hour outside of Palm Springs, was named the top luxury RV resort in the U.S....

See wild burros, gunfights and a historic stretch of Route 66

Chuck Woodbury - January 10, 2020

By Chuck Woodbury Do this: Drive the 22 miles or so from Oatman, Arizona, on old Route 66 east toward Kingman. It's beautiful and has...

Will California’s diesel law affect you as an RVer?

Russ and Tiña De Maris - October 3, 2019

By Russ and Tiña De Maris Back in 2008, California's controversial California Air Resources Board (CARB) formulated new regulations for heavy (over 14,000 pound gross...

John Sutter built a fort and forever changed the Wild West

Bob Difley - August 14, 2019

By Bob Difley Like many of the era's restless youth, John Augustus Sutter, a polished, dashing Swiss gentleman, set sail for New York in 1834...

Western Views: “The Bad Men from Bodie”

RV Staff - July 18, 2019

By Len Wilcox WESTERN VIEWS In the shadow of the Eastern Sierra Nevada, north of Mono Lake between Lee Vining, California, and Hawthorne, Nevada, is the...

Readers share their favorite travel places

Chuck Woodbury - December 21, 2018

Here's this week's installment of RV Travel Tips, where the readers of RVtravel.com share some of their favorite places to visit in North America....

Autumn-Winter historic scenic train rides

Julianne G. Crane - October 25, 2018

There’s something magical about riding trains. Why not plan a few hours from your RV journeys to experience the autumn color from a historic...

Meandering through Napa Valley

Julianne G. Crane - December 1, 2016

Miles of vineyards along Hwy 128/29 in Napa Valley (Julianne G. Crane) If you occasionally prefer the slow lane, rather than speeding along on the...

Battery Point Light – Crescent City, Calif.

Julianne G. Crane - October 19, 2016

Battery Point Light, (LighthouseFriends.com) The Battery Point Light may not be the most dramatic or breath-taking lighthouse on the Pacific Northwest coast; it is, however,...

Susanville in northeast California celebrates its ranching, logging traditions; good ale

Julianne G. Crane - March 29, 2016

Downtown Susanville, Calif. (City of Susanville website) Many RVers travel along US 395 on their way to and from Arizona and the Pacific Northwest or...

‘Rumiano’ is California’s oldest family-owned cheese company

Julianne G. Crane - August 7, 2015

RVers coming out of Rumiano Cheese Co. in Crescent City. (Julianne G. Crane) Sitting in a small coastal town near Pacific Coast Highway 101 is...

Oasis Date Gardens in Cochella Valley = cool, tasty desert short stop

Julianne G. Crane - March 18, 2015

Oasis Date Gardens in Thermal, Calif. (Julianne G. Crane) If you are a Snowbird migrating through the arid regions of the Coachella Valley in southern...

Borrego Springs is backdrop to 140 free-standing amazing metal sculptures

Julianne G. Crane - December 31, 2014

Scattered across the southern California desert near Borrego Springs are more than 140 amazing life-size depictions of animals that are said to have roamed...

Mt. Shasta … is a magnificent view almost anytime of the year

Julianne G. Crane - June 25, 2014

Mt. Shasta, Calif., from the south along I-5 (Julianne G. Crane) Depending on the amount of winter snowfall (which has been well below average the...

Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias at Yosemite National Park, California

Julianne G. Crane - July 4, 2013

Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias Trailhead The Mariposa Grove, just two miles inside Yosemite National Park's South Entrance, (off Hwy. 41) contains about 500 mature...

“Best Date Shake in Desert,” great deli sandwiches in Coachella Valley

Julianne G. Crane - April 30, 2013

Windmill Market in Desert Hot Springs, Ca. (Julianne G. Crane) If you have ever traveled through the Indio-Palm Springs region of the Coachella Valley in...

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