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.