Ride to the Redwoods: The Redwood Highway, Grants Pass to Crescent City

[@RobertMerz]

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[@markwalker3499]

Love the way the rock and roll starts up at the California state line! I learned to drive on that road when it was narrower (no 4 lanes yet) and curvier, they have straightened quite a few of the worst curves. I lived in Gasquet about 17 miles from the coast and there is one high school in the county. Miss the bus and you were in trouble, till I got my own car anyway.

[@marklang5169]

Great music and the HD sounds hypnotic! Thanks for the ride.

[@RobertMerz]

Thanks Mark. I really appreciate your watching my vid, and especially taking the time to comment, it means a lot. I hope you find more content on my channel that you will enjoy and if you do let me know.

[@brendacarlson3226]

made that trip down that road a bunch of times with my husband, dad and friends. Such a beautiful drive. I miss home.

[@RobertMerz]

It is a very beautiful drive. I understand it is currently closed due to a wildfire at the Oregon/California border.

[@dwaynemauk566]

Thank you so much for posting this. I got so homesick for Oregon - as a child we drove from Roseburg OR to Fortuna CA, and once my dad drove his motorcycle over the same route. I really appreciate your sharing this.

[@RobertMerz]

Well thank you for watching, and taking the time to leave a comment. It is nice to know that you enjoyed it.

[@sam61a]

Thank you so much for this video! Since December I have been planning what I call "Sam's Big Trip" but Covid-19 put paid to that and I'm in the UK exploring and blogging my 18 days in the USA online. My plan for yesterday was to drive from Grants Pass to Crescent City to dip my toe in the Pacific - because despite living in America back in the 70's I never made it to the West Coast, and to walk in the Redwood Forests. Your video made that possible! Thank you :-)

[@RobertMerz]

Well thank you very much for taking the time to write such a great comment. It is really nice to hear when someone gets something special from one of my vids. I am really sorry that this Covid-19 has laid waste to your travel plans. I bet Sam's Big Trip was going to be awesome! But you are obviously pretty awesome to find a way to make it work anyway, very well done! Hopefully we can get this thing under control and we all can start planning for a better next year. Thanks again for your comment!

[@sam61a]

It was a pleasure - and I have just accompanied you from Red Lodge to Belfry! My Big Trip didn't start off as a big trip, just a man (I used to be his nanny back in the 70's!) inviting me to visit him in New York, and then I got to thinking about a wonderful quilting shop in Grants Pass and all the other things I could do - such as Amtrak's Empire Builder from Seattle to Chicago and then visit friends in Norfolk VA, and then go to NY to visit Pavlos. It was fun planning it and with your videos I still get to see some of the country! Stay safe, stay well, and best wishes - Sam

[@FayevanDamme-i5f]

If you do make it to the West Coast, I would suggest going to Portland OR and take HWY 26 over to the coast and go all the way down Hwy 101 to Brookings, OR. It is nearly coastal Ocean views all the way down the coast. Another beautiful road in OR. I live in Grants Pass OR. You can take that 199 trip back to Grants Pass from Brookings traveling this same route as the video.

[@RobertMerz]

Some great suggestions, thanks so much.

[@sam61a]

@@FayevanDamme-i5f That sounds like a great trip! I was only going to Grants Pass because of the wonderful Jordan's Fabric shop!

[@FayevanDamme-i5f]

This was a beautiful ride, Grants Pass. OR to Crescent City, CA. I live in GP and makes me want to get in the car and go for a drive over there. Another beautiful drive is to go to Portland, OR and drive down 101 to Brookings, OR. The ocean will be on the right hand side nearly all the way. Thank you for posting this. Enjoyed it very much.

[@FayevanDamme-i5f]

Unfortunately as of tonight, 199 is closed because of a 7000 acre fire on the right near that tunnel. It is really sad.

[@RobertMerz]

I have rode 101 but I did it south to north, my usual preference for a highway if I am filming it as it avoids sun glare in the recording. 101 is a great ride either direction, awesome views, and lots of points of interest!

[@RobertMerz]

Wow, I did not know this was happening, thanks for letting me know. I looked it up and it is the Smith River area, the curviest part of this road. It is sad, but it is part of nature's cycles. Even by next year we will see new growth re-claiming the burnt areas as the cycle continues, but we will never see the forest again there in our lifetimes. Sadder is that there are people living in that forest, including a couple small communities, and losing one's home is something that is extremely hard to recover from.

[@DrawMakeCode]

That's a beautiful drive. My family is from the Midwest and I've tried to describe the ride from Grants Pass to Crescent City. Thanks for this video! Now I have something to show them. Keep safe!

[@brcarroll2003]

Great video, and it took me back home. I used to live in Gasquet and went to middle and high school in Crescent City. I'd have loved to have ridden that on my Triumph Rocket III. Much enjoyed.

[@RobertMerz]

Thank you!

[@OnlyFriendsAreAliens]

We took a ride down through here (in a car) last summer, and I know it would be an awesome ride on a bike. Thanks for sharing. I'm gonna share with peeps back east.

[@RobertMerz]

It is a really great highway to explore, as are many of the other highways in Oregon that travel between the coast and the I 5 corridor, and yes it is great on a bike! Thanks for watching, and taking the time to comment. Please do share with your peeps, the more the better!

[@clintcooper6425]

Please don't we have enough out of stater's here and honestly it's really destroyed the wildness of Oregon and has made it much harder on simple Oregonians sorry but it so very true....

[@bootlegger2365]

The drive is very nice . I enjoyed your video. I really enjoyed the picture of you two at 10:16. You are a lovely couple , and your machine is beautiful . I visit the area often. I am a Southern Oregon coast resident.

[@MrJONES925]

My wife and I are thinking about that drive , very helpful video ..

[@RobertMerz]

Thanks Joe, I am glad you found it helpful. It is a nice drive, and not too busy, at least when we were there.

[@deangmoxon]

awesome nicely done that's a great trip I've done it many times

[@germanshepard8207]

I took the same trip 8/25 yesterday, portland to Grant 's pass to crescent city then highway 101 to Tillamook, then back to Portland on my motorcycle. fun ride. when I got to highway 199 in grants pass I said the same thing you said starting off ( ok here we go!) 18 hours on the motorcycle with twisty roads and a blue sky! except Crescent city with clouds and outdated gas pumps!

[@stevenoswalt3569]

Love jebediah camp ground awesome camping and hiking trails

[@541Maxim]

Done that ride a couple of times on My Yamaha1986 Maxim x or xj700 and loved it. Looking forward to doing it again. Thanks for the video

[@RobertMerz]

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!

[@buddhastaxi666]

good video with the beautiful v twin note. im planning going up that road . from remote w australia....not Perth .

[@richardatmtw]

Wow no fog in Crescent City that never happens ! Nice ride !

[@Much2hunt]

Great video,as always!

[@mgill74]

that was great! I'll be driving this tomorrow

[@RobertMerz]

Glad you liked it. Have a great ride!

[@mrs.l.316]

the fence you stopped and took a picture at is one of the best short hikes in the Redwoods, you walk across the big downed tree and the trail is below

[@RobertMerz]

We did do a little bit of hiking there and another spot that we accessed by a dirt road. It would be a shame to travel through the Redwoods without hiking among these giants.

[@sequoia1927]

I live up in Crescent city and it's an amazing place to ride

[@RobertMerz]

It is a beautiful area in all directions from Crescent City, you are very lucky!

[@motodreams607]

great vid just did the ride a couple of weeks ago camped and spent the weekend riding 101

[@RobertMerz]

Nice!

[@georgevella4797]

Have done this trek on nice weather days top down in an S200. And always a refresh stop at Taylors Cave Junction

[@RobertMerz]

It is a fun little trip, especially on a sunny day!

[@robertharrison5758]

Great. Clip

[@RobertMerz]

Hey thanks very much Robert. I really appreciate your watching and taking the time to leave a comment.

[@mrclean28h]

This one we know as we did in 2014 coming dwn from Alaska. I am interested in what the cost was hotels and etc

[@RobertMerz]

Costs in Grants Pass were reasonable, as you get to the coast, either Oregon or California the costs get higher. The small towns in the interior states generally give way better value, and tend to be a bit more friendly than the (left) coast states.

[@mrclean28h]

thank ya I am working on teh Route 66 run cannot see $k or more to go with the group

[@Reaperanon282]

Hey I live in central point and just got my motorcycle license

[@RobertMerz]

Hello Nathaniel, you live in a beautiful part of the country, and you have good riding all around you! I hope you do well on the bike, be safe, always be aware, and even if you already have your licence it isn't a bad idea to take a safety course if you haven't already. I do hope you will enjoy more of my videos, I have a few from right in your area. Thanks for watching, and leaving a comment.

[@lyndoneaton5331]

how many miles was it?

[@RobertMerz]

It is about 85 miles.

[@Stabster]

That road in the winter is extremely dangerous with rocks falling in the road all the time, alot of people and motorcyclists especially die on this road

[@juhajarvinen3349]

Nice.

[@woodenhead48]

nice

[@Altaira54]

To travel 82 miles in 13 minutes requires a speed of about 328 mph.

[@micheallinderman481]

Been on this road about 5 times. Was in Cresent City last July 2018 the town is becoming a trash operated city. To much gang stuff. Stopped at the Taco Bell for lunch. Walked in, walked out. Total garbage of a fast food chain.

[@RobertMerz]

That is really sad to hear Micheal.

[@clintcooper6425]

Exactly everyone that's moved to the PNW has ruined it for the ones that have been here for decades and decades sad!!! I've seen the changes and it's terrible...