Burlington Campground — Hotel in Fortuna

No I normally stay in five star hotels I prefer the Hilton chain myself but sometimes the wind of change but this was a new experience for me I’m a camping person this weekend and I decided to go to the Humboldt State Park to do a bit of camping. And I am one thing I learned about campaign is that you need to have a campfire and I am we got some wood from the campground and it was very wet so I learned that you can’t really light wet wood on fire but you always need to be cooking so I just said a bunch of trash on fire and that did the trick so key to campfire is definitely pour some gas on it and then set some trash on fire and that will take care of the wet log problem. Let me be clear siphon gas from the car and use trash is kindling for the fire is the wood can be wet. But one thing that I am good at for campaign is camp cooking so I deathly recommend making corn bread but don’t don’t put the cornbread in the fire I repeat don’t put the cornbread in the fire because it will catch on fire and then you’re eating cancer corn bread instead of normal cornbread. The other thing I like to cook in the campfire is I like to get vegetables and put them in aluminum foil and then put oh la laSo what I like to do when I cook because I want to get vegetables and I like to put some vegetables in our Ella minium foil and then put some asparagus or some type of vegetable and then put on some salmon from the back and close it all up and then steam vegetables in the file on me and the fire is like a cold but you don’t wanna in the Byron go on fire and then for dessert if you can make a chocolate brownie in your little camp stove which is delicious and then go to Girl Scout cookies on top of it that’s a good dinner. But the key to campfire cooking is to put butter and everything so make sure you have at least two sticks of butter on you when you go to this camp so that you can put butter on everything and then everything will taste good. Like I always say ABC ABC always be cooking alwaysBring butter. Other than that there were some tall trees and a lot of trees and some roosters so be prepared to wake up early. When we were there there were some frat boys I’m having a bit of a front time which was a bit noisy and too late at night so bring some earplugs to you if you like to sleep and lastly they told us that the bathrooms weren’t working however we did find working bathrooms so that was a nice surprise but missed leading so just make sure you explore all your bathroom options. I didn’t take a shower but I heard they were showers I just put my head under the sink and sprayed water all over my back and then rub to the water in my back...

Site # 53 - tent camped 5/16/24 - 5/19/24: The Avenue of Giants is BEAUTIFUL! Did get windy/cold at night so wear layers if tent camping!

Pros:

#53 backs right up to the Avenue of Giants

Campground is in walking distance to the visitor center & a few short trails. Pretty cool to just stroll along the Avenue

Potable water

Great T-Mobile service - helpful in researching/planning of the day

Fire rings & bear boxes are provided - firewood is $10 cash at check in (you’re not allowed to burn fallen branches which is a good thing)

Close driving distance to Founders Grove & Rockefeller Loop (a bit further but my favorite!)

About a 2 hour drive to Prairie Creek Redwoods & 1.5 hours to Sue Meg State Park (gorgeous hikes down to the ocean!)

Cons:

Was right across from the bathroom. Good if you have to go at night, but there are so many people passing through to get to the bathroom/dish sink

Sites are super close together with no privacy. So close, I could hear people people snoring & turning on their inflatable mats. First night there was a rowdy group of teenagers by the bathroom

Bathrooms were pretty gross. Yes, happy to have toilet paper, but inconsiderate people leave pee droplets all over the toilet & the floor. Wet bathroom floors stayed that way until the morning I left, when I saw somebody cleaning them

Road noise being...

Review by a tent camper. Having the State Park visitor center next door to the campground is a welcome neighbor with its wifi, plus an often-better cell reception than in the depths of the campground. The visitor center is lovely, as are the volunteers who staff it. The park ranger staff also welcoming and helpful. The exterior and interior lights for the shower house in my area were out for four of the nine nights I camped there. The park staff restored them upon notification of same each time. Campsite #27 is in a good location - close but not too close to the shower house. It is comfortably removed from busy highway 254 on one side of the campground, from a row of cabins on another side, and from a rather busy park maintenance (or something) hub on a third side. The downside of #27 is that the table, bear box, and fire pit are at the low end of a slope that collects water, so if you're tent camping, all of these amenities are far from your tent and from your vehicle or rig - because you won't want to pitch your tent down there. Fortunately, the gravelly back end of the little driveway is level for tent placement. It is special to camp amongst the redwoods. But it is dark. Visiting the campground during the winter rainy season can really dampen one's spirits (heh) notwithstanding the beauty of the...