We got up early and readied the coach to leave. Once it was ready to go, we headed over to the restaurant for a delightful breakfast on the patio, then headed out before 11am for the trip to just north of San Francisco. It was an uneventful drive with a pit stop at a rest area stop right near Los Banos.
Got back onto I-5 north till we exited to I-580 west toward SF. About half way toward town, that freeway gets really bumpy, seems like it will shake out the dishes from the cupboards. After about 20 miles of that rough ride, it thankfully became much smoother. We had our first Fastrac use on the 580 toll bridge right by San Quentin Prison. $20 for the RV pulling a car. We were staying very close to SQP and got off the freeway to wind around the surface streets to find an on ramp to the 101 south for one exit, then even more winding around more surface streets to find the campground.
We found the Marin RV Park, checked in and proceeded to our spot. This place resembled an RV storage lot: Tightly packed RV’s of all sizes. We just barely fit, backing all the way up to the fence in spot J-7. The campsite was wide but only about 41′ long. I considered putting orange cones at the front but decided not to. Our nose was maybe an inch off the pavement and the towbar maybe 5 inches from the fence.
But it turned out to be a great place to visit SF from as the Larkspur ferry was less than a mile walk, which we did many times. And the Clipper card saves a bundle on the ferry cost. It’s also useful for the muni’s and cable cars; so that worked out well once our feet were complaining a bit.