After leaving Morro Bay State Park, we stopped in the town for gas – finding to our advantage that Morro Bay seemed to have the cheapest gas around, and then we headed to a supermarket/grocery store to pick up some more groceries for the coming days. We have been trying to ‘eat in’ just about all of the time to save money, but we’ve also tried not to just have quick and easy stuff which tends to be junk as Al has a fairly decent kitchen inside. We have a good sized fridge with a freezer above. There is a 3-burner stovetop/hob, and a small oven with grill. Above the stovetop there’s a rather massive microwave, but the microwave will only work when we’re plugged in to ‘shore’ as they call it. The oven and fridge both work off propane from our propane tank, and of course the fridge will also work on electric when we’re hooked up too.
Anyway, today’s drive wasn’t particularly interesting. We continued down sections of the Pacific Coast Highway but the scenery wasn’t anywhere near as impressive as it was a few days ago. We did take a detour into a city called San Luis Obispo because Müfit thought it sounded cool! It turned out to be a nice place with a lively, historic-looking downtown that we squeezed through, and if we were in a smaller vehicle we would have liked to stay for a bit, park and walk around. Maybe another time!
We were all looking forward to tonight’s destination, Emma Wood State Beach, because it’s right on the ocean. It’s one of these places along what’s known as the Rincon Parkway. I would guess that some years ago you could camp here for free, or at least for cheap, but these days Emma Wood and a selection of other state parks/beaches charge a big premium for the privilege of waking up just feet from the ocean. You have to be self-contained to stay here as there are no facilities whatsoever but you still pay around $50 US, and you have to book it months in advance as it’s always full from May to October. Yes, it was nice, but if there hadn’t been a thick cloud cover it would have been much nicer. We pulled into our spot, coming in front ways so that we could get the view of the ocean through our massive windscreen, and sat (in the RV) watching and listening to the waves crashing against the shore while Müfit cooked some chili for dinner.
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