US-101 North: Orick to Crescent City | Driving Through Redwood National and State Parks

[@waltersaul1807]

Kyle, your timing is impeccable! The Last Chance Grade just became two-way for the first time in about 10 years if I remember correctly. You had to go through one construction light for one-way traffic, but actually over the new bridge just north of Klamath. And you missed going through lights (and flagmen) in 3 or 4 other spots between there and Crescent City. Since we are headed there soon, your 9-day-old video was just perfect to watch! The 101 is an amazing road its entire length!

[@garystephenson4632]

Another Beautiful part of the California Coast!

[@InterstateKyle]

Indeed it is!

[@CatSynthTV]

Thank you again for letting me come along for the ride. This is definitely uncharted territory for me! (Never been all the up to Crescent City). I will check out the next one up to Brookings soon. Great music selections, too 😺

[@GreatAussieDrives]

Great drive as always, the coastal highways of California never cease to impress! 😍

[@InterstateKyle]

Thank you!

[@dwood78part23]

Enjoy these parts of US 101 being a freeway- as once one goes pass the US 199 junction- it won't become a freeway again until it enters Washington State- & nears it's northern end with the I-5! Happy ID4 to all my fellow Americans!

[@rockingredpoppy9119]

The famous Last Chance Grade. The County finally got approved to blast through the mountain and put in a 6,000 foot tunnel - to be started in 2030 and finished in 2038, so it will be awhile. 😀

[@InterstateKyle]

That’s a good solution! That’s gonna be while till it’s finished though!

[@waltersaul1807]

I can’t believe this! I am on the Last Chance Grade email list and I missed that news!

[@eljeffe8806]

I bet the road through the redwoods is super dark at night considering that most of the time in the video you cannot see the sky. Saw the insane $5.50/gal gas prices in Crescent City. How much do the gas prices drop after entering Oregon or from the Tribal land gas station I saw advertised along the road?

[@lawman592]

From prior experience, the gas prices return to "normal" once you cross the Oregon state line. That's why it's best to gas up in Brookings if you're continuing north or coming in from the south on US 101.

[@nomaderic]

Best bet is to get gas at the Fred Meyers when you pull into Brookings

[@lawman592]

That's exactly what I did the last time I was there.

[@BillSchlichting]

$4.19 at Fred Meyer in Brookings.

[@majorhemroid]

I do comedy, and on the way to an open mike in Cali, I passed thru Orick. My first thought: Man, even the methheads must be embarrassed to live there.

[@jollyjohnthepirate3168]

I was expecting to see Ewoks. 😊