05-31-22 Tuesday Pismo State Beach, Oceano Campground

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05-31-22 Tuesday
Pismo State Beach, Oceano Campground
Jeeps in Parking Lot: 5
Drive Time: 0
Miles: 0
Arrived: 0

We had cereal for breakfast this morning. Jan brought over watermelon after so I’m going to have some as a snack later. I love really cold watermelon. Barry is not a melon person so I get to eat it all myself....YUMMY!. 

Barry had to install the AC cover on top of the coach this morning. Last week when he was bringing it home from the service place in San Jose it blew off. Thank goodness it didn’t hit anyone. While he did the installation, I drove down to the beach to get our day pass. It’s like driving from our house to Safeway. If I didn’t have to show our vehicle and license plate, I would have walked. It was a quick trip. I could see some of the flags on the beach and it was crazy windy. 

Barry had the installation almost done when I returned. We decided to walk around the pond and do a little exploring. There is a concrete path and some wooden walkways. Nice trail that leads around to the tent campground area. These have grassy sites and the campground seemed full. Lots of families. We weren't sure how far the went so we turned back and headed toward camp. 







At 11:30am Ken would be able to take a break from work, he’s not retired yet. We drove down to the beach and drove as far south as we could then turned around and headed the other direction. We stopped at a store that is right on the beach because Ken wanted to check it out. It was like a semi-truck trailer sitting in the sand with all kinds of stuff inside, t-shirts, sweatshirts, buckets for the kids, knives, stickers, flags, a few toiletries, and who knows what else. Ken ended up buying a flag holder to put on his jeep for his flag. A few sand rails were out but not many. Also, very few cars driving the beach highway. Might be due to the winds. 

We drove as far as we could and drove out a different gate heading into town. We parked in town and decided to eat lunch at a place called Cool Cat Café. We ate al fresco, and it was so nice to be by the beach. Jan and I had a Ripcurl Rita, made with tequila, triple sec, pineapple juice, blue curacao, homemade sweet and sour. It hit the spot. Now Barry has to learn to make it. I bought a hooded sweatshirt because I forgot to bring one. One should always bring a hooded sweatshirt when travelling. 

The four of us walked down the street and hit a few shops. Jan shopped hard to find a pair of sweatpants but no luck. She forgot a pair. Ken had to get back to work so they took off. 

We stayed to find a place to buy some fresh fish for tomorrow’s dinner. We tried a few places in town but no luck. We searched on our phones and found a fish market in Grove Beach. Great market but they were out of black cod.... DARN! We bought a small ahi tuna steak and 4 large shrimps for tomorrow night. Barry will grill the shrimp for appetizers. Can’t wait. If you follow my blog, you know how much I love my husband’s cooking! We also found a place to get propane, so we plan on stopping there on our way to Avila Beach on Friday. We headed back to camp. 

We planned to go out for Mexican food tonight, so we drove down the street to Old Juan’s Cantina. The wind was still howling, and we didn’t want to walk back in the cold and wind. We ordered guacamole and a round of margi’s, THE BIG SIZE. Very tasty but they could have added more tequila. Barry had a small taco salad, Ken a ceviche and Jan and I split taquitos. Food was yummy. We ordered another round of drinks. Jan wanted Churros for dessert but the rest of us could not conceive if eating anything else. She whined about it for some time, even when we returned to camp...LOL! I’m sure she is determined to have one before our trip is over. 

Back at camp the guys built a fire and we made s’mores. We were all full from dinner so not sure how in the world we could eat them. Jan stilled complained about not having a churro which made us all laugh some more. 

Again, a nice way to end the day with a fire. Sweet dreams all. 


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