Leaving Morro Strand

Today we are moving to San Simeon State Beach. It poured down rain last night so we have a sizable puddle to contend with when packing up. Before packing up we went over to Morro Bay Campground and took showers. They were pretty pitiful showers as the water never did get very hot but it was a shower. I would have preferred the Casita shower to that. We headed out about 11am and made a few stops along the way. We took a nice walk on the beach by Cayucos Pier. There was a City Water worker there and he said there was a grand opening for the pier two weeks ago. I don’t know if that is true or not and we have no Internet tonight to check that tidbit of information. We had lunch in Cayucos at Duckie’s Chowder House. I had the Shrimp tacos and they were delicious. John chose fish and chips. He said the fish and chips at Giovanni’s is better. We were going to walk the pier after lunch but decided we should get to our destination and get set up before the rain hits, if possible. We planned to buy gas in Cayucos but we forgot, we are really low and that makes me nervous. Anyway, we made it to Cambria and got gas for $3.69 per gallon. Since the price changes so often I don’t know if that is a good price or outrageous! We passed the Hwy 46 turn and it was just a little further north to San Simeon State Beach. Thankfully the dump station is functioning here and we emptied and refilled with fresh water so we are set for now. Unfortunately, it rained pretty hard the whole time we did that but it slacked off while we set up camp. We are in site #107 for this stay. There aren’t many people in the park tonight. There are over 100 sites here, very nice sites, some are tent only. We are unsure of the walking distance to the beach. I started out for the beach but there were signs saying No Dogs and Tony didn’t have his vest on we we turned back. After we were completely set up we realized we do not get very good phone service in our campsite. Up at the Ranger Kiosk where we came in there was good reception. It might have been prudent to pick a site up on the knoll up there but the sites didn’t look appealing at the time. oh well. We decided to drive up to Hearst Castle Visitor Center just to see how far it was. It is not far at all. We drove around the area and then finally did see the castle way up on the mountain. We used a few turn out Vista Points to watch the water and watch for something interesting, no luck this time. We did see some vultures finishing off a carcass near the campground though! We have had showers off and on since then. We came back and made a nice hot drink, played cards, watched a video, read, and fell asleep. Tomorrow we will have our visit there!

Our Puddle

Cayucos Pier

Tiny Birds

Duckie’s Chowder House

Vultures

Hearst Castle in the Distance