Month: February 2017

On Thursday, February 16, 2016 we drove to Morro Strand RV Park. Luckily it didn’t rain much, nor were the winds bad. Getting the camper into our assigned spot was a little challenging because the spot was so darn small. But we are only a block away from the beach and views of the Morro Rock…

Unfortunately, we did not get to see as much of the rock as we had hoped because a bad storm blew in. Lots of rain and high winds, the worst storm Morro Bay has seen in 10 – 20 years. There were a lot of downed trees and we lost power at the RV park for the entire day on Friday. To avoid the camper swaying in the breeze we all got in the car to go grocery shopping. The power outage was not confined to the RV park area, but the whole town! The baby also fell asleep once the truck started moving so we decided to drive to the nearby town of San Louis Obispo. We had a delicious lunch at Kreuzberg and got Benat a new toy.

We also spent some time with friends we know from Tahoe, Dina and Trent. We went to their house and hiked through the neighborhood and up Mount Madonna. The views from the top were grand, you could see a lot of the volcanic plugs that line the landscape.

Every day got better and better (weather wise) and today it never rained! We took advantage of the morning by playing on the beach, and in the afternoon we rode our bikes into town for some fried calamari treats at Tognazzini’s.

Tomorrow we drive to Santa Barbara. The current plan is to stay at a State Park campground, but they were closed last weekend because of storms…. regardless to where we end up staying I look forward to the possibility of flip flops!

February 16, 2016: The camper is packed and we are heading to Morro Bay!

February 14, 2016: The start to this day was fantastic…. Dexter, Benat and I drove to Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park to hike with Brooke. The park was cool: grazing cattle close by (had to bushwack at one spot because there were some steers occupying the trail and not moving), more rolling green hills with oak trees and views. This park was also an old olive tree farm. The rows of trees were still there for exploration with a lot of olives on the ground.

We get back to the cars just in time for Benat’s nap and my Subaru Forrester won’t start. I attempt to get a jump from someone else, but nothing. Thankfully, my folks got me a AAA membership for Christmas this year. About 30 minutes later a AAA battery specialist arrives and diagnosis my sad battery that needs to be replaced. The car only had 2 more days on the road before it was to be tucked away for a while…. and now it gets tucked away with a brand new battery!

February 12, 2017 – The start of our camping adventure has been delayed.

For preventative maintenance we had the front end of our Dodge truck redone. However, when we got it back the front brakes were now sticking…. had to send the truck back in to get new calipers. And it’s raining again in San Jose.