Heading Home

It's time for the rest of us to head home. We decided to use the dump station at Morro Bay SP before leaving so we wouldn't need to do that chore in the heat of the valley. Our drive home was uneventful, the best kind. We happen to meet up with Julie and the DeLa Pena's at Carl's Jr. in Kettleman City on the way. It's always good to come home but we will sure miss the weather on the coast. Good-Bye Morro Bay!

Monday @ Morro Strand

Today we all went to lunch at Schooner's. Everyone enjoyed it. We all did a bit of house cleaning and resting since we have to head home tomorrow. We enjoyed our last campfire and some glow stick fun!

Soren At Schooner's

That was a Cayookie!

What Can I Say!

Yes, it is Iron Man Sam!

Father's Day - Morro Strand SB

It is a beautiful day here on the coast. Sunny and nice once the little bit of fog lifted. We saw some whales spouting today just off the coastline. No big breaches but we did see the backs of one or two. Jeff and Spencer caught a few more fish. Steven and Saira went home as did Vira and family, so it is pretty quiet here now. We had fish tacos for dinner as Deb and Sam faithfully feed us another delicious meal! Jeff's supervising the cooking of his fresh-caught fish!

A Busy Day @ Morro Strand

Saturday: Jeff, Frank, and Spencer went fishing and got more perch. Since it was sunny today everyone went down to the beach to watch them fish. They did get several perch again. I believe we are having fish tacos tomorrow night. Today was our big shrimp boil and crab feed. My friends C&T were spending the day at the coast so they came by to say "Hi" and stayed for the feast. Julianne and Steven finally got their chance to toss the football around! We also got 3 dozen oysters that ended up being quite a delicious addition. Steven shucked some to eat raw on the half shell, then in the evening he roasted or grilled them over our campfire. Butter, lime, tapatio, and perhaps other things were added, I'm not sure. Everyone enjoyed them and the 3 dozen are gone!

Spencer Fishing

Shrimp Boil

Football Toss

Oysters

Morro Strand

Friday: This morning it was foggy and seemed to remain so most of the day. Seems like the day was gone before it started! Deb and I ran a few quick errands in San Luis Obispo. It is a lovely little town, I would like to stroll around there for the day sometime. Jeff and Miranda arrived, then Steven and Saira, and lastly Sam's sister and more of their family members arrived. Jeff did some fishing and got a few perch. We had delicious Hobo Packs for dinner and a roaring fire afterwards. Before we knew it the day was over!

Morro Bay SP & Morro Strand SB

Wednesday: We took a nice look around the city of Morro Bay today but otherwise relaxed the rest relaxed the rest of the day. We did check out the various campsites and there are some really nice ones, very spacious, that would hold a couple of tents. 

Thursday: Time to pack up. We never did figure out how many quarters equal how much time but the showers here in the campground are nice enough and the water is hot. We didn't do a big cleaning/packing job because we are simply moving 12 miles north, up the coast, to Morro Strand. Since check out is 12p and check in is 2p our site at Morro Strand was still occupied. 

We know there is a decent place to park the trailer behind Duckie's in Cayucos so we headed up there for lunch. We tried a new (to us) place "Schooner's" and it was definitely delicious! The ocean views were limited but still very nice. By the time we got back our site was open and we got all set up. Deb, Sam, Spencer, Soren, and Julie arrived shortly thereafter. They have considerable more setup to do than we do, 1) It's a tent trailer. 2) There are 5 people with all their own things. 3) They bring grills and all sorts of nice things camping.

Today is Sam's BD. We had the plan to take them to Giovanni's for a BD dinner for him but since we found Schooner's the decision was made to go there. The kids stayed back in camp and we indulgently went and had a very nice dinner somewhat overlooking the ocean waves against the pier.   

This is the Cayookie --- Amazing!!!

I had just one bite and slipped into a food coma!

Morro Bay SP For The Day

Today we decided to stay around camp. We relaxed and had our coffee enjoying the refreshing morning air. It is sunny and nice. We talked about some upcoming travel we have planned and cleaned up files syncing with each other on our phones. (What did we do before Smart Phones?) I'm so thankful for my husband John in my life. He is one of my best friends. He is even pretty good at communication for a little while, when he begins to glaze over I know we are done chatting. He does his best, he is a man, which is why we women need women friends! Lunch was a filet, fresh squash, and tomatoes. I try to fix a filet when we camp, it's a nice treat and I have refined doing this in a frying pan and it comes out quite delicious. I tried crumbled bleu cheese on top today. I will add it sooner next time because it didn't melt. It was the desired taste however!  My photo is rather dark but trust me, it was not burnt!

During one of our walks we checked out the schedule for the Morro Bay Trolley. I didn't even know they had one! It is a nice little option, especially for people with motor homes or less mobile camping rigs. There are 3 routes and it looks like you could go basically anywhere in Morro Bay for a $3. day pass. Otherwise, a 1-way trip on any route is $1. I think Julie and the grandsons might like to try it out.  

Morro Bay SP - Pismo Beach

Today we took the 20 mile drive south to Pismo Beach. I know it is a touristy place but I love Pismo Beach. We got a parking place right on the main street when a young couple was leaving. They even gave us their parking slip, which had 2+ hours left of free time, how nice of them! We ate a nice lunch at Splash. John had fish and chips, which was okay but my bread bowl clam chowder with seafood topping was amazing! We shared - leaving the French fries and the most of the bread behind. The top of that buttery, toasted round was my reason for the bread bowl as apposed to a regular bowl.  

After that we walked around the boardwalk and just a little ways on the pier. I was surprised to see there is a Cool Cats Café here in Pismo! It looks a lot like the one in Maui we frequent but not as open air. They have been here 3.5 years so you know how long it has been since we walked downtown! We have several other stops we want to make so we were on our way before our parking time ran out.

We stopped at Pismo Coastal Village and they allowed us to drive through and check the accommodations. It is really not the type of place we choose to stay but it is getting so difficult to get into the State Campgrounds without a reservation at least 6 months in advance, it's an option. We drove through Pismo North Beach SP and circled sites on the map we liked best. We thought we would go check the improvements made to Pismo Oceano SP only to find it is still completely blocked off with a cyclone fence and more. Obviously the renovations will be extensive. It will be interesting to see what it looks like when finished. Our next stop was Avila Valley Barn. They had roasted corn today, though we were full from lunch and didn't try it. It looked delicious and people eating it raved! We each got a beautiful apricot but it looked better than it tasted. We are spoiled with out local produce at home. Onward to the Port of San Luis. This is a working port and I wanted to see if they had crab - they did. It is $8.95 live, $9.95 cooked. We may go back. They are a nice size running about 2 pounds each.  Heading back to camp about 5p. Surprising amount of traffic on Hwy 1. Time to relax with cards, reading, and a snack before bed.

Off To Morro Bay

We left home about noon for Morro Bay. It could have been earlier but we had a pretty nice show in the sky last night about 1:30a so we watched that for awhile. The thunder was louder than I think I have ever heard and the lightening went so far across the sky you couldn't see both sides! It was amazing, then it poured down rain. We aren't sure how long that lasted because we finally went back to bed once the thunder and lightening moved on and we closed the skylight!

We had an uneventful trip over. We stopped and got a snack out of the trailer around 1:30p at Kettleman City. There was a ton of traffic going east but not much going our direction. Temps were up to 85* on our way but once we hit the coast the gauge in the Jeep said 65* though my phone app showed 68* - regardless, it was fantastic! Clear skies with just a hint of the fog that we will see in the morning. The ocean was very calm as well.

We checked into Morro Beach State Park and I have to say the staff here is very nice and attentive. As we sat in our vehicle they actively met our needs, they even came out of the booth to write down our license plate. No one has done that in years! Typically you are told to park to the side and come back for a form to fill out. It was a nice touch. We have not stayed in this particular park before. You cannot walk to the beach from here but apparently there is a shuttle into town. I will find out details of that tomorrow, not that we will use it. There is a marina and a museum nearby. We'll check that out one of the days we are here. Not being right on the beach doesn't stop the popularity of the place, since it is full on a Sunday night! Of course, school is out in most places so families are vacationing. After setting up we relaxed, played cards, ate a dinner of leftovers from home, walked Tony, and read before heading to bed. This is the life! We are very spoiled!!! 

The Central Coast

We are really looking forward to getting over to the coast and out of this heat. It doesn't take long to grow weary of these triple digits and long for your day of departure. Maybe we will even have a little fog and feel a bit chilly!