There are a few campgrounds in Humboldt Redwoods State Park that are close to the main road, but Albee Creek is not one of them. In order to get to this remote campground, you have to travel over a very narrow and poorly maintained road. The road is technically two ways, but that is not very accurate since we had to fold in our mirrors a few times.

But the payoff was worth it. Surrounded by towering redwoods and on the edge of a beautiful meadow, it is up there with Arches in terms of wow factor. We hiked and geocached in the morning and found a fishing hole to swim in for the afternoon. In order to get to the swimming hole we went down a road we had no business going down. We enjoyed the dropped jaws as we wedged Messi past a curve with only inches to spare (see the last pic below).

The stars here were the best so far as the foothills blocked the moonlight and we had cloudless sky all around us. Greta finally got to see some shooting stars and we stayed up late finding satellites and space junk.