Ride California's Historic Skunk Train into the Coastal Redwoods Sept 2024| Willits Steam Festival

[@RoamingWithRosie]

As the Motorhome sits in Tucson AZ awaiting a decision from the catastrophic tire blowout in November 2024, we invite you to enjoy our informative & entertaining travels to the Pacific Northwest this past summer.

[@Jeffbob442]

So cool! Love old train/steam stuff! Thanks for sharing!

[@JoesRandomReviews101]

Good job on the video guys. Very interesting. Safe travels. Cheers Joe 😊

[@RoamingWithRosie]

Cheers to you too, Joe! We're glad you enjoyed the video.

[@JoesRandomReviews101]

​@@RoamingWithRosie . You bet, great post. Cheers Joe 😊

[@gorrdd]

Thanks Jamie and Linda. This was really fun to see. Even the RV Park was done in the 'period style' giving it the complete flavor experience. This part of California with the types of trees and landscape exudes the early California development look. Seeing all the old steam and rail equipment really pulled the scene together, giving it a real feel for what was involved during that period of time. I've seen some of the old footage of the Great San Francisco Fire. It was extremely interesting. That fire burned for days and people were having to migrate out of the city in droves because they were burned out of their places. Everything burned to the ground because it was all massive wood structures... except for the fireplaces... of course. Back east they built mostly with stone, steel, brick, and mortar. But in San Fran, at the time, it was all wood, because beautiful wood was available locally. But where there's wood... there is fire. So Willits prospered greatly from the rebuilding of San Francisco. Gord

[@RoamingWithRosie]

Thanks for your insightful comment, Gord. It is amazing how much history is in this area. You're spot on with the lumber needed after the fire.

[@gorrdd]

@RoamingWithRosie Thanks... this is definitely a new bucket list destination. Gord

[@wondersteven]

We like to go to Ft. Bragg/Mendocino every year and drive through Willits all the time. I probably turn to get on to Ca. 20 before I get to anything interesting in town. I do know the Ft. Bragg Skunk train from the other side goes up to the caved in tunnel as well. Hopefully your travels are going to take you that way. Good luck fixing Rosie.

[@RoamingWithRosie]

Thanks so much. On our next time to Northern Cali, we hope to make it over to Fort Bragg. There's so much to see around there and of course, the Redwoods just got more amazing as we continued to travel north.

[@gregoryscott4355]

Great video! Sorry we missed that part of the trip! And missing the festival too! Arrgh!

[@RoamingWithRosie]

Hey Cuz! We definitely would have missed this highlight of our summer travel if you hadn't recommended it. Thank you so much.

[@mmlaff8115]

We hope everything will work out with Rosie. great video

[@RoamingWithRosie]

Appreciate the well wishes! We'll have some answers by the end of this week. Editing the videos from our travel just before the blowout, we get to relive it, but getting anxious to get back on the road as soon as we can.

[@justramblinaround]

Hey Jamie and Linda that looked like a nice train ride and with entertainment. I have been able to get Ron on 2 similar trains this year hopefully next time we go tonRedwoods maybe I can get him to do that one. The burger place looked like a good drive in burger joint 45 minutes is a pretty long wait but did look good. That was a really nice place to RV they had a lot of amenities and very cute but yes yoir correct it was pretty spendy. Great video loved the editing and transitions great job Linda!! See ya soon! 😊😅😂

[@RoamingWithRosie]

Thanks @justrambinaround , for the compliments. They are greatly appreciated. Editing this was a team effort this time with all that belching antique equipment being fascinating to Jamie's inner child. LOL

[@craftytraveler9238]

WOW! you are in my town. I wish you would have contacted me we could have met up. I have been on the train numerous times. Back in the 1990's it actually ran the entire way from Willits Fort Bragg.. 101 Burger is good but my favorite place to eat outside, and dog friendly is Kelly's Diner. That is a great RV park. I always recommend it to those coming to Willits. I have even stayed there.

[@RoamingWithRosie]

How cool! But we didn't know you were there. LOL. It would have been wonderful to ride it all the way to the coast. I guess they are not finding funds to rebuild the tunnel yet. We found that RV park from the @LostRvers channel.

[@robertstambaugh3495]

Ok

[@sammysnit1688]

Here's small piece of trivia... The sign over the main street was donated to Willits by the City of Reno in the early 60s. It was their "Biggest Little City In The World" Arch sign over Virginia Street. Now you know!

[@RoamingWithRosie]

Thanks for pointing that out. I actually did a year at UN Reno and had heard that, but I didn't know if it was the same sign from the 80s

[@rickpatton3231]

Did I miss video if you had Rosie fixed ?

[@RoamingWithRosie]

No. This is our 2 months of travel thru the Pacific Northwest. Fortunately the tire didn't blow up there. Would have been a logistical nightmare.

[@markhorton9020]

How is traveling in hotels vs the rv? If they total the rv will you buy another? If you do buy another get one a few yrs newer with the common rail fuel system, yours has the caps system and can be difficult to repair.

[@RoamingWithRosie]

All I can say to that is we are not interested in traveling and staying in hotels. We love the RV Lifestyle of being able to be out in natural environments, with our dog and our own kitchen stocked with fresh & healthy food.

[@robertstambaugh3495]

After watching your previous videos, my question is, was this video filmed before your mishap concerning your motor home? Has your motor home been fixed?

[@RoamingWithRosie]

Thank you for asking. We do not know if the RV will be fixed or totaled at this time. This was our travel prior to the tire blowout. Our travel videos usually are for travel 60-90 days prior to releasing them.

[@craftytraveler9238]

Here is a video I did about Willits Icons and Statues. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y367kqqId7qNga8&ab_channel=CraftyTraveler

[@RoamingWithRosie]

Very informative video about Willits. So much history there.

[@davidh2420]

So you were able to fix Rosie? You thought maybe totaled?

[@RoamingWithRosie]

No. Thank you so much for following. This is our 2 months of travel thru the Pacific Northwest. Fortunately the tire didn't blow up there. Would have been a logistical nightmare.