Beach Camping

Today was moving day.  We ended our stay in Anaheim, California after three weeks and now plan on bouncing around central and northern California for the next few weeks before ending up in Arizona for our daughters wedding.

Our original plan was to go to El Capitan State Beach in Goleta, California as we had checked that campground out when we were in Buellton, but my Aunt and Uncle (previously mentioned quasi full-timers) always talk about the beach camping in Ventura, especially Rincon Parkway.  We thought we would give it a look.  Rincon is a county park which is actually just a lane next to the sea wall on Pacific Coast Highway.  They mark off RV spaces and you park parallel to the ocean and have great views of the ocean as you are 25 feet from the water.  There are no hookups and it can get pretty tight if the spots fill up  The downside is you are 6 feet from the traffic lane, though the road is not heavily used.  We took a look but when we pulled into a space our rig took up the entire space, so where do we put the truck.  We were concerned about getting jammed into a space and what to do with the truck so we went exploring and found Emma Wood State Park just down the road.  This park is right on the ocean but it does not have sand beaches, it is all rock and the spaces are back in, but the views are just as great.  The place was not very full and we found a great space.  Here are some pictures:

Our rig

View from side window

View from back window

Sunset over the ocean

Probably a couple of days here as it has no hookups then move on up the coast.  Love the California weather!