Ok guys its time for the plan. thank you for your input and apologies for not giving more time for planning such a trip.
Redwoods 1st!
Head Down I5 Monday morning. At grants pass Oregon take a right onto Hw199 "The Redwoods Highway" most of the drive will be on i5 so when you see the 199 it won't be long. 15 or so miles from Crescent City,Ca on 199 is the Hiouchi visitor center, if its open stop in. lots of good info and some great maps to pick up of the area. Continue down the 199 into Crescent City, turn right on Hw 101(north), shortly after look for the sign for Florence keller park. 15$ a night, in a nice grove of redwoods, plenty of space, and close to all the good stuff. Dog friendly. Take a break and head on south, or set camp and go from there.
From there most all of the redwoods stuff is south. You can spent the next two days there exploring the sights at your leisure.
26 miles to the south is the "trees of Mystery" https://www.treesofmystery.net/index.php
They have paul bunyan, the tree you can you drive under and a cable car tour through the redwoods. I hear nothing but good things about this place. Further south you will reenter the Redwoods National Forest. With several trail heads, beaches, and viewpoints along the route it won't take long to fill the rest of the time.
Be sure to Take Howland Hill Road.
It is well worth the drive. you can find it by either heading out hw 199 again, past the visitors center(east). It will be on your right, Just a couple miles past. It is well marked. OR the other side is in town at the south end of Crescent city, Elk Valley road is what you will be looking for. It takes you to Howland Hill Rd. It's on the east side of hw101.
Being mobile you could either stay at Florence keller, Or move to another, TBD, place the next day. Continue the Redwoods Adventure Tuesday.
Harbor Grotto view Has Great food and views if you get tired for camp food.
The Beach in crescent city is good is good too if you tire of the trees
Wednesday Head north 180 miles to Jessie M. Honeyman Memorial State Park
http://oregonstateparks.org/index.cfm?do=parkPage.dsp_parkPage&parkId=95
It is right on the Oregon Dunes, This time of year you can enter the dunes right from the park via "H" loop, there is a "quiet time" so respect the rules please. It was a highly recommended place and has all the facilities.
Take your time on this leg, there are hundreds of places to stop, see, take pics, hike, viewpoints, and little coastal towns. check it out. There are things on both sides of 101 the entire way. Drive slow, stop often. It will be well worth it! If You have extra time check out Jerry's Jet boats, And /or The West Coast Game Park. Both are highlights.
Thursday morning Head North for Sand Lake! You will be passing through yachats (rocky shores), Newport, Depoe Bay, Beverly Beach, Sea lion Caves, tide pools, lighthouses, Lincolin city (casino!) and the Rock at Pacific City are all along the way.
At sand lake we can either camp on the sand for the night or in one of the sites, ill leave it up to the group to make this call on the fly. (conditions may vary)
Friday Morning Head for TSF/Browns camp for friday and saturday night. Spend a couple days in the woods. checking out trails, hanging by the campfire. relaxing, learning, and over all just wasting the reas of the weekend with good people and having good time. I have been in the area for a decade. am and Oregon Trophy Challenge finalist(multiple times), and have a lot of experience in and on the trails. my jeep is fully capable and equipped for recovery if needed.
Please Dont hesitate to come out. Dont let the youtube videos scare you, there is literally a trail or something to to fo any vehicle. comeon out. share our campfire and have a good time. even if you just want to camp and shoot the shit. There might even be a seat open up throughout the weekend. I wont lead you into trouble. well, too much ;) I plan to have a BIG fire, my Wife and both kids will be joining us for the weekend, and we usually eat better in the woods than at home. so come on out and join us!
We will camp at a place called Woods Point. It is up South Fork Road off of HW6 headed east out of Tillamook. Follow the signs to portland. Look for signs for south for prison camp, turn onto S.Fork Rd (gravel) Follow that 3 miles or so (passed the prison camp on the right). You will come to a fork in the road, follow it to the right over the bridge. Just past eh bend you will find Lyda Camp, keep going up the hill and follow the road to the left (C-line Rd.) about a mile back you will find "woods point" There is a large central camping spot and lots of wood close for our bonfire!
Im looking forward to a great fun filled week. Please post up on what sections you plan on joining for so we have a relative headcount. once we know group size and days we i'll get the meeting times hashed out.
At this point its looking like im going to have to skip the 1st 1/2 and meet everybody at sand lake. I really wanted to stretch the trip and make it south. its just not in the cards for me thins time and there is no way im getting out of taking the fam in one way or the other. ill probably be chilling at sand lake when you all roll in. that may change, but it is my tentative at this point.
Thanks again for being here guys and gals. Let's make this one to remember!
HBD David!
John.
It was a great trip. home safe. More to come later. Thanks to all of you who came out!
John.
Ok everybody. We are headed up tthe hill out of Tillamook. Keep in mind the direction to camp are from the Tillamook side. For all ypu portland people remember s.firk road will be on your left!
Hope to see you!
John
sounds like the first of the group are off! Take care fellas. we will see you on the sand!
john.
Be sure to stop at Bi-mart and get yourself a USFS pass. some of the places will ask you to have them . if you plan on playing in the sand. take your flag and pole, and make sure yout oregon ATV sticker is good. TSF you dont need a flag, but you do need a ATV permit to be on the trial. if you just plan to camp, no worries. come on in.
Hit me up if i missed anything. i tried to cover it all for everybody.