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Napa Valley Ideas
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Alright I made a decision after calling the RV park around Yosemite to skip Yosemite this trip.
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find a place in the central valley and make a day or two trip into yosemite.
half dome is amazing as are the high meadows. look in mariposa area for campgrounds and do day runs into the park.
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For Yosemite an option may be to stay at the Rancheria Casino/RV resort in Jackson. This is also a great place to explore the wineries in the foothills south of Sacramento. The wineries in Almador county are much less crowded than the Napa area and just as scenic.
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Natalie, we have stayed at Yosemite Pines near Groveland, a little West of Yosemite. It’s a nice park and pretty close to Yosemite via toad. You can access this park from the west on Highway 120 from the Modesto area. We last stayed there in our 40′ XL pulling our Jeep but I would do it in my 45 footer. There were a couple of curves where the middle of the bus crossed the centerline but I’ve been on much tighter roads. There were plenty of 45′ charter buses running this route and there were several 45′ motorhomes in the RV park, which must have taken this route, so it is certainly do-able, but it may be stressful if you are not accustomed to driving mountain roads.
You are correct to avoid Highway 120 between Yosemite east to the Lee Vining area and highway 395. I believe that stretch is length limited and it is much tighter than the section between Modesto and Yosemite. It is a spectacular drive (in your car) through the Tioga Pass and gives access to the Tuolome Meadows area of Yosemite NP. One option, if you will be on the east side of the Sierras is to stay somewhere around Mammoth Lakes and drive your car over the Tioga Pass to Yosemite for a day trip. There is a nice RV park in Mammoth Lakes, which is a cute ski resort town with lots of summertime activities.
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Karl
If you are traveling I-80 consider a stop in Truckee, CA. Close to Lake Tahoe and great biking, hiking, and golf.
Coachland RV is just off the highway and in the pines.
Tom T
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you can also visit the Donners Pass museum and monument that illustrates very effectively how deep twenty foot of snow was. Very sad story and shows the commitment the pioneers had to reach the West. Today’s generation has no clue!
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We go yearly and use Wine Country RV in Paso Robles, Marina Dunes near Monterey for biking along the Pacific, and the KOA Petaluma (American Graffiti) for Napa/Sonoma.
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Sounds like some good candidates for the P C Users map.
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I was at Carmel by the river in 2006 it if I remember correctly you cross a very narrow one lane bridge and the park is a little tight but it is right where you want to be for golf, and food, wine etc, Gary
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The bridge was replaced last year with a wide 2 lane bridge. Highly recommend this park. Be sure to ask for one of the premium spots with stamped concrete pads.
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