June 26 through June 30, 2023 Pismo Beach

Pacific Coast Village

Site #382

JEEPS - 5 (Tuesday), 22 (Thursday)

We left home on Monday, June 26th, for Pismo Beach. We are staying at Pismo Coast Village RV Resort for the first time. They have 400 sites. We made the reservations six months ago. We normally stay at Oceano State Beach RV Park, but we wanted to try this place. We are here with Jan & Ken Reynolds. This place does not let you choose a site; they will only tell you your site number the morning you check-in. This is also a place you can join for $50,000, and you get the first pick of sites...ridiculous. You can store your RV at the resort storage across the street. If you are a member, they will bring your RV to your site for you, one perk for the fifty grand. We checked in around 4:30 PM on Monday. The Reynolds are two sites from us and checked in about thirty minutes before us. Check-in time is 4:00 PM. We hooked up and headed to Old Juan's Cantina in Oceanside. We love this place, especially its huge margaritas. The Reynolds joined us later.

Tuesday, the 27th, was an uneventful day. We walked half of the RV park, walked the beach, watched the sunset, BBQ'd chicken for dinner, and made s'mores by the fire with Ken, Jan, and Chance. Nice relaxing day. I like these kind of days.

Wednesday, the 28th, we had Little Debbie's chocolate donuts, bananas, coffee for breakfast, breakfast of champions. Visited the park next door to check out the RV sites. This park was a state park and boon-docking only. From there, we went to the RV sales lot down the street. We looked at the Newmar class A motorhomes and a few of the trailers they had on the lot. We discovered they also have a great parts store. We've been here before but didn't know about the parts store. Went back to the RV, made sammies for lunch, and spent the afternoon on the beach. Watched Ken, Chance, and Jason fly kites. We walked the beach collecting a few shells. Headed back to the RV around 4:30 PM and made pizzas for dinner. A great day.

Thursday, the 29th, I slept in until 10:00 AM. My hip hurt last night, and I was having a hard time. Didn't want anything for breakfast because, by the time I got up and going, it was almost lunchtime. We decided to walk over to the cafe for lunch, and we each had a clam chowder bowl. Talk about yummy. Barry agreed that it was some of the best chowders I have had. We sat outside in the back, just the two of us. It was nice because we had a great conversation about who knows what. After lunch, we walked back to our RV, put our kite and drinks into our beach chair on wheels, and went off to the beach. We found the Reynolds easy and broke out my kite. The weather was still foggy, with a slight breeze that barely kept my kite flying. After a while, I let Penny (Ken & Jan's four-year-old granddaughter) fly my kite...with my help. She loved it, but after a bit, she was bored, and off she went to gather more shells. There was a lagoon behind us, and I saw this guy wakeboarding. It was the weirdest thing. After a while, Barry figured out a group of people had a wench hooked to a tree stump that was on some kind of thing that pulled a rope in as the wakeboarder got close to it. I've posted a video below and on Facebook. By the time we remembered to take a video, he could only go a little way because the pulley battery ran out; one of the guys running the pulley yelled at the wakeboarder to let him know. It was entertaining to watch. After that, we packed up and walked back to the RV. We were getting hungry. Today is Chance's (Ken & Jan's grandson) 18th birthday, and the Reynolds family had dinner plans. We returned, and Barry heated up the leftover Pizza and made a Caesar salad. I think the Pizza was better today. After dinner and dishes, we drove the campground and counted 22 jeeps tonight. Back at the RV, I worked on this blog, and Barry journaled about the last few days. The Reynolds returned at 9:00 PM, and we went over for birthday cake. Jason, Amanda, and Penny left for their hotel. Ken and Jan came over for a nightcap. Finished this blog, and I'm off to bed. Wonderful day.

Friday, the 30th, Today is a true hangout day. I slept in, which felt really good. We did not go to the beach. It is foggy and cool today. I watched a video on how to use Airtable. Check-in time is 4:00 in this place, and it was entertaining around this time. So many RVs moving in and out, kids everywhere, and watching people park their trailers was entertaining. We had leftover pizza and Caesar Salad for dinner. Barry built a fire, and the Reynolds came over after their dinner, for s'mores. After, we went to the Reynold's RV and watched the new episode of Outlander. OMG...what a great one. Cannot wait for next week.