THE ADVENTURES OF THE TIN TENT TWO: Seacliff to Pismo

Seacliff to Pismo – Nov. 17^th

Seacliff State Beach was a good place to stay for our first night on the road as it was RIGHT ON THE BEACH! It had full hookups which was nice.

Site Review:

Space 9, sand box, full hook up, back in ocean view,4G lte, $71.00/night

We left there on Thursday morning and headed to our next stop, Pismo State Beach. That ride was mostly uneventful. We had been asked by Brian & Bree to stop at Cambria and pick up their wine club selection which was an easy side trip. Or so we thought. As we are pulling into Cambria, a lady in a car came flying up beside us in the truck and was waving and pointing towards the back of our 5^th wheel, and yelling you are dragging a hose! So I pulled over and ….

All that stuff on the cargo carrier is Patio Furniture that Brian & Bryanna wanted from the ole homestead.

Somehow the bumper cap popped off and the sewer hose began working its way out of its storage spot. Instead of falling all the way out though, it got hung up and was dragging like a tail down the Hwy! Well we were so embarrassed, and so upset, and so, so glad we had discovered this BEFORE we got to downtown Cambria! Can you imagine?? J

Once we fixed that, we continued into Cambria to pick up the wine and then on down Hwy 1 into Pismo Beach.

Pismo was great, but I got a spot that was too close to Hwy 1, so we had road noise most of the nights. This was dry camping. We saw a GD Reflection in the campground and I was going to say hello since we were both GD owners, but we never saw them outside. In fact once while we were walking around the camp and past their unit, we noticed that they were watching a movie. Or rather we heard they were watching a movie… they had their outside speakers on, and everyone within a couple hundred feet could hear the soundtrack!! J It was a love story….

Our site at Pismo State Beach Campground.

That evening we were joined by Robert and Suzan Parisi who live in Santa Maria. Bob, as most of you know is one of my friends from High School and beyond. They came by to see our new living situation, and took us to dinner at Shell Beach Brewhouse. Thanks Bob & Suzan. And it was great seeing you both again.

Glenda and I walked Piper on the beach, down quite a ways toward the dunes on Friday. The ocean really makes her like a puppy again. She runs and jumps, chases the waves, it’s really pretty fun to watch. But it wore her out.

Which was ok since the rest of the day was a ride back up Hwy 1 to Harmony Winery, we needed some more wineglasses, and a stop at Moro Bay to pick up some clam chowder from Giovanni’s fish market. We made a couple stops along the way to watch the ocean for a while because we know we won’t be seeing that for a while…

Back at camp, dinner was the clam chowder and salad.

Site Review:

Space 57, paved pull thru, smallish, dry camping, grassy view, 4G lte, $27.00/night

On Saturday morning we hooked up and headed to Tapo Canyon County campground in Simi Valley. The trip was a beautiful sunny day thru the central coast valleys along Hwy 101, which then popped out to the coast around Ventura County. We were going to try to stop for lunch somewhere in Goleta or at least before we got into Santa Barbara, but that turned out to be a lousy idea. No place to easily get that big of a truck and trailer off the road at an In & Out! So. We motored a bit further until we remembered a place we had been told about where trailers and motorhomes just park along the Hwy next to the beach. Thank you Annette Hawley! When we found the spot, we stopped for a bite of lunch and decided this was way better than some In & Out.