New Brighten Beach State Campground

We left our pitiful little site in Half Moon Bay today about 9:30a. We decided we would try to get into New Brighton, if they were full we would try Sunset Beach, and finally we would just head home if we couldn’t secure something in either of those places. It was a lovely and uneventful drive down Hwy 1. There are so many lovely beaches. I wonder why it is not developed? Mostly what you see is farm land. Oh my, all the pumpkins in fields everywhere! We got to New Brighton about 11a. Apparently the rule is you can leave your name and license plate number, return at 2p,  if anything is available your name will be called in order and you will get a spot if there is availability. Surprisingly, they were able to accommodate the approximately 12 families waiting for a spot with a few spots to spare! As it is so often with the Eash Factor, we could barely get in the site #69 that we first chose. It was so slanted John had to put up most of our blocks to even come close to leveling the trailer. It looked dangerous to me and we tried a different approach, which was barely tolerable. About that time the camp host came by and told us this campsite was really not conducive to a trailer (no kidding!) so as nice as the rest of the site was, he called and got us set up for another site #111. So now we gather the few things we had out and head to campsite #111. It was an “okay” site but for sure we will need to leave tomorrow as it is booked for tomorrow night. If we want to move again to site #2 we have a chance of getting it for two nights. Are you kidding? Of course we have not unhitched and all it has taken is time… so off to #2. A mere 1.5 hours after checking in we are safe and secure in a site. That’s the way it goes sometimes! After the set up we decided to go into town for a hamburger. The camp host suggested Betty’s Burgers and we were not disappointed. John loved their garlic fries. Back to camp after stopping at several overlooks in Capitola and a walk on the beach again. As we drove in the campsite we saw 3 deer by the Visitor Center. It was a nice day but we are tired now.

Capitola

Deer At New Brighton