Packoderm
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Lucy goes to the ocean for a camping trip.
We took a quick camping trip up north a bit near Fort Ross.
http://www.oceancove.org/campground.html
The photos are grainy because they were taken on my son's Nintendo DS.
Here's Lucy
Pretty good coastal camping (for it being in California)
We found enough firewood on the beach for a nice fire each night.
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I guess Nintendo doesn't have fill-in flash. At any rate, nice shots.
Is that the fence you drove through to get out there? 
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
I guess Nintendo doesn't have fill-in flash. At any rate, nice shots.
Is that the fence you drove through to get out there?
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Actually, it was a pallet that we found washed up on the shore. I had to work like heck to tear it apart, but it was worth it for the kindling. Ocean
Cove is a private campground, so there wasn't any fences to need to bust through.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Packoderm
Actually, it was a pallet that we found washed up on the shore. I had to work like heck to tear it apart, but it was worth it for the kindling.
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Jeeeezo..yeah. Some of those skids are put together with screw-nails. Really hard to seperate. [I knew it wasn't a farmers fence. Jes kiddin']
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Nice report
Ocean Cove!
What a great spot for family camping. It's a blast for the kids at night....running to camp to camp. One of the few places that has a launch ramp for
small boat.
Did you like trying to cross the Pacific Highway to get into the store? Deadly!
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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Lucy is loving life.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
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Thanks for the post.
We love that part of California. Most tourists go there in the summer but there is great mushroom gathering under the pines in November.
Big Boletus edulis.
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I don't know what they were thinking when they made that store across the street on a curve like that. They have a nice, big building on the other
side of the street that would make a great camp store/headquarters. I had pretty much written California coastal camping off because the govt.
campgrounds either have you camping far away from the beach, or they put in a flat, ugly parking lot, so you camp right on the asphalt. Plus, the good
spots are always reserved months ahead of time. Ocean Cove is great, and at $20 per night, it's $15 cheaper than the $35 state campgrounds. I did get
to try some abalone this trip which takes one more thing off my bucket list. There were no rangers making you feel patrolled. All in all, it was a
very nice getaway.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Packoderm
I don't know what they were thinking when they made that store across the street on a curve like that. They have a nice, big building on the other
side of the street that would make a great camp store/headquarters. I had pretty much written California coastal camping off because the govt.
campgrounds either have you camping far away from the beach, or they put in a flat, ugly parking lot, so you camp right on the asphalt. Plus, the good
spots are always reserved months ahead of time. Ocean Cove is great, and at $20 per night, it's $15 cheaper than the $35 state campgrounds. I did get
to try some abalone this trip which takes one more thing off my bucket list. There were no rangers making you feel patrolled. All in all, it was a
very nice getaway. |
We have gone here for 15 years. They have primitive sites as well as RV. Look up this place on the map...you'll see that the area offers HUNDREDS of
points to go to.
http://www.olemaranch.com/Local_Area_Recreation
You are right....Govt campsites are a joke.....Salt Point being on top of the list.
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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