Morro Strand State Beach
Yerba Buena St, off Highway 1
Morro Bay, Ca 93442
We pulled out of Huntington Beach and headed up the 101 towards Morro Bay. LA traffic sucked, as usual. Once we got through the Valley it thinned out and travel was much more enjoyable. Like last year we stopped for fuel at ?Silvas Oil Company? in Ventura. Although we didn't need much fuel, like 24 gallons, I know that the choices are slim in this part of the state for fueling large vehicles. Silvas had a line of cars waiting to fill at the 2 or 3 pumps they have for passenger cars, but the 8 or so large vehicle lanes with diesel were about empty. I was pleasantly surprised to see diesel was the lowest priced fuel at $2.17 a gallon. For about anywhere in Ca that is outstanding. 86 octane was running about $2.40 a gallon.
I fooled around with my VMSpc a bit, as I am still trying to get my new Windows 10 tablet to talk consistently to the JIB that sends the information to the tablet via WiFi. Well, no luck so it will have to wait until I get to Morro Bay and can spend some time on it.
We pulled into Morro Bay looking forward to a little peace and quiet after our rather noisy stay in Huntington Beach. What a difference 245 miles can make! We stayed in Morro Bay during our California coastal adventure last year, but we were at a different RV park. Last year we were at Morro Strand RV park, and this time we stayed in Morro Strand State Beach campground. A big difference in these two parks as well.
On the up side, about a year ago the state added many new full hook up concrete RV sites. The campground flier indicates that the full hook up sites are limited to 40' or less in length. I do think that you could fit a 40'+ rig though, as there is 8-10' of space in back of the rig after the concrete pad stops. They are back in and are wide enough for the rig and a tow vehicle. We turned the Jeep and parked in front of the rig, thus we were able to use the concrete parking pad for daily use. The back portion of the parking area is dirt and is where the picnic table sits. We put down our rug to cut down the dirt and sand tracked into the rig, and it did rain a bit while we were here. The sites have 50 amp, and the water pressure is remarkable, especially for a beach location (my on board regulator was easily pegged at 60 psi). The full hook up sites are $50 a night. There are many dry camp spots available as well at $35 a night. The beach is a short walk down a path through some areas that are being regrown with native plants. The cool part is that the sound of the surf is clearly present, and provides a calm background noise to soothe you to sleep each night. And even though there are houses at the top of the bluff in back of the campground, the area is incredibly quiet night and day. Unfortunately dogs are not allowed on any of the beach areas in this State Park, so Fido needs to stay in the campground. Our Verizon air card worked really well here, but no park WiFi is available.
One really surprising point being that this is a state park is the absence of any handicapped facilities. The campsites themselves are easily negotiable with flat smooth surfaces and small rolled curbs, but that is about it. There are two bathroom facilities, one at each end of the park, but neither is handicapped accessible. In spite of a crude asphalt ramp, the doors into restrooms, and on the stalls themselves are not ADA compliant. There are also no shower facilities here. The campground flier states that fact, but indicates that by showing your receipt for t this campground, you can drive 6 miles south to Morro Bay state park and use the showers there. Not very convenient. But if you don't need showers, or Handicapped facilities, I can highly recommend this campground.
