Fortuna, CA / July 7 / A Change of Plans!

Howdee!   Well we left Gold Beach, Oregon and headed for Eureka, CA which was just a short 135 or so miles.   Stopped for lunch along the road, had a beautiful view of the Pacific and nice cool breeze.   Gotta love that.  

Then headed for Eureka, CA.  Sooner or later I figured we were bound to hit a dud when it came to RV parks and today was the day!   Yuck  - Redwood Acres RV Park in Eureka is at the fairgrounds and just wasn't a place we would feel comfortable staying.   We felt like that when we arrived but the deal was sealed when I finally found the office, which was a challenge, and checked in I was told "oh just pick a site and the nighttime host will see you later".   OK so we did that and we were in the process of leveling or trying to get level, when the night time host appeared and told us we could not park where we were.   She said it was the dump station.  Now we know what a dump station looks like and we know that campsites have an electric hookup and water hookup and sewer and this site had all those things.   But no, she said they like to keep people "on the other side of the fence".  Sure would have been nice to have been told that from the beginning.  By this time Gary was in the motorhome already researching another place for us to stay.    He found Riverwalk RV Resort in Fortuna which was just a few miles further down the road and they had an opening for two nights so we booked it.  I then went into the fairgrounds office and told them it just wasn't going to work for us and we would not be comfortable staying and they refunded my money!   So there ya go - it had to happen sooner or later.   

This place was more expensive but we feel like we "fit in" a little better.   

The sites are a little too close together (I miss Gold Beach already) but it will do.  We don't spend much time at the campsite.   Tomorrow we will be headed to the Redwoods!   Hopefully we will have some nice pictures for ya Connie!!!