San Simeon SP

Today I made our reservation. We will spend 3 nights there after going to Morro Strand SP with the kids. I looked on another site to see photos of most of the camp sites. I carefully chose the one I liked the most (#26) only to complete the reservation and have it tell me I will be randomly assigned a site when I arrive. We’ll see how that goes! It’s no surprise that they have a warning that the showers and flush toilets are closed. There will be vault toilets to replace the flush type. Thankfully we won’t have to worry about that in our trailer. The dump station is still open so one can get water there if necessary. We carry our own plus extra of course. I am looking forward to seeing Hearst Castle, which I have never been to.

CA State Park Camping

One has to make reservations via Reserve America for most camping in California. It is a great site, but you have to know where you want to go. It is not the greatest for research of campgrounds, locations, and more detailed information. I much prefer California Parks and Recreation for research for CA camping. You can’t make reservations from there (you must use Reserve America) but it is much nicer for gleaning information. You can download and print campground maps and brochures, along with a plethora of other information. I like that, planning is a big part of the fun to me!

Next Stop Trip - Morro Strand SB

Deb & Sam invited us to go to Morro Strand State Beach with them for a weekend the first part of November. Steven & Saira, Jeff, and Julianne are going as well. I’m not sure if Jeff has Miranda that weekend or not. Several of Sam’s family members are going, which will be nice because we have not seen them in a while. It will be a “walk up” situation so we will go earlier in the week and hope to secure a campsite for Deb & Sam as well just in case it is filling up. It should be a fun trip! We are thinking about adding a visit to Hearst’s Castle afterwards. Believe it or not we have never been there!!!  

Morro Strand SB

Hearst Castle

Going Home

We woke up to a bit of rain this morning but nothing that stopped us from breaking camp and getting home. It sprinkled off and on and even “rained” for a short time but the trip home was uneventful. We stopped at Casa da Fruta. I really like that place! We bought a few things, including a delicious sandwich. They have a wine and deli store and the sandwiches were really tasty. After that and walking Tony around we hit the road again. Our first stop back in Clovis was the wand type car wash as the Casita is covered with road dirt and grime. What a mess, but eventually we got it all off. It was all about the work when we got home. Laundry was immediately started, floors scrubbed, bathroom disinfected and wiped down, now things are spotless! All cleaned out and paper good restocked. Back to the storage lot and this time we used their dump station. It was really quite nice having a hose for the toilet and a bathroom right there to wash up. John always wears gloves and we use hand sanitizer afterwards but having soap and water to clean up in is a nice perk. All clean inside and out and back in storage before they lock the front gate at 7p. We are pooped! We ever so grateful for a safe journey and the privilege to enjoy another trip together.