Blogs from Pismo Beach, California, United States, North America

It appears 2020 is the year of the road trip. We already did ours, a road trip with Lexi to Scottsdale, AZ last March. It seems a decade ago. But we did enjoy the nice weather, a Giants Spring Training game, Portillo's Chicago beef, vegan pizzas, and a loooong drive through Palm Springs, SoCal, and the desert to get there. For the 4th of July, this seems to be the consensus: A new study found that Americans will take an estimated 36.8 million url=https://www.travelpulse.com/gallery/destinations/summer-2020-travel-music-themed-road-trips-across-the-us.htmlroad trips over the Fourth of July weekend. According to travel data company Arrivalist, road trip travel will be down 11 percent from the 41.1 million people AAA predicted would hit the road in 2019, despite the Independence Day weekend being the biggest road tri... read more

Geo: 35.1568, -120.668We got up early, finished packing, got coffee and started our drive south down 101. The plan is to spend two days driving south, one day in San Diego and then two days driving north again. This will be Arya's longest roadtrip yet so we're hoping she tolerates it well. Especially since we are planning to break up the driving with frequent stops.Our first stop was in Morgan Hill. Really it was just a drive by but Chris wanted to see how the progress on our new home was going (its being built). It finally has a roof we discovered!Next stop was Carmel-by-the-Sea. Its a favorite place for Chris and I. Usually we stay overnight but today we just walked around downtown for an hour. We visited our favorite store, the Cheese Shop. They ... read more

A traveler sees what he sees. A tourist sees what he has come to see. - G.K. Chesterton On most holiday weekends, we don’t venture out that much. This most likely has to do with Dave and his disdain for all those Americans who take advantage of a long weekend to crowd the roads, hotels and fill restaurants with their noisy children. Americans in general have very little vacation time and would be better off to take their cue from some Europeans, Aussies or Kiwis who seemingly have months off at a time. But we’ll save that rant for another time. We threw touristic caution to the wind and climbed into the car and took off for the coast of central California, to tell tales of wine, dancing, extreme opulence, The Big Lebowski, and of ... read more

We headed out to Pismo beach this past weekend to meet up with great friends and do some camping adventure where we have not been before. We stayed at the North Beach Campground just a South of Pismo Beach's main town. We had perfect spot right next the the beach access and the restroom and showers. The camp grounds was great, with lots of trees and nice people around. Still need to worry about theft. We had 5 dogs with us, so I think that help deter any thieves from snooping around our camp. Camping simple, wake up walk and hike around the beaches and town, eat drink and be merry. Do it all over again the next day.... read more