Boondocking on the beach

Len,
I forgot there is an opposite but equal train that runs the other way and it does pass Jalama @ Oh.dark.30. I've only taken the train from L.A. to Seattle.
regards, as always, jefe

jefe 4x4 wrote:

Joe, I had a great gig right down town L.A. starting in 1968 and know of the woe of finding an obscure camp that's close to the basin. One of our fav's was Pacifico Mt., up the 2 and N3, right on Pacifico Mt. rd. to the cool 7124 foot summit. Great boondocking. No services. View almost unobstructed 360 degrees. I'm not sure of fire closures.
jefe

:C Cool

pnichols wrote:

LenSatic wrote:

jefe 4x4 wrote:


4. Jalama Beach County Park, near Lompoc,CA. This is another hidden gem; you will get lots of sea sounds here. Part of it backs on to the coastal dunes. Magic.

regards, as always, jefe


+1! And, as a bonus, you get a train whistle at 3am.

+2 .... and as another bonus you get (to pay for) that FAMOUS Jalama Beach Hamburger too big to get your mouth around. The last time we were there (2013) we also got to see what I was told was the reining world-champion wind surfer practicing:

Oh, yeah, the wind! Lots of fun in a tent. :) Better in a Casita. Also, a spectacularly beautiful drive in from the 1/101.

Shhhh, though. It's a secret. ;)

LS

LenSatic wrote:

jefe 4x4 wrote:


4. Jalama Beach County Park, near Lompoc,CA. This is another hidden gem; you will get lots of sea sounds here. Part of it backs on to the coastal dunes. Magic.

regards, as always, jefe


+1! And, as a bonus, you get a train whistle at 3am.

+2 .... and as another bonus you get (to pay for) that FAMOUS Jalama Beach Hamburger too big to get your mouth around. The last time we were there (2013) we also got to see what I was told was the reining world-champion wind surfer practicing:

jefe 4x4 wrote:
Len, AmTrak's Coast Star Light goes North by there about mid- evening.

jefe

Ours was heading south and had to blow the whistle because of the road into Jalama. We were in a tent closest to the tracks. :B

Nice layout. My dad bought me a Lionel set when I was two. He really enjoyed it. :B

LS

Len, AmTrak's Coast Star Light goes North by there about mid- evening. Besides, I like trains. Any time of day or night. 8<) Part of my train layout:

Joe, I had a great gig right down town L.A. starting in 1968 and know of the woe of finding an obscure camp that's close to the basin. One of our fav's was Pacifico Mt., up the 2 and N3, right on Pacifico Mt. rd. to the cool 7124 foot summit. Great boondocking. No services. View almost unobstructed 360 degrees. I'm not sure of fire closures.
jefe

jefe 4x4 wrote:
L.A. and vicinity is the least friendly camp-near-the-beach place I know of. In fact, CA in general has very high coastal restrictions about camping and VERY few RV camps near the beach, pay or not. Having lived in L.A. for 60 years I don't know why anyone would want to visit the place. I got out as quickly as I could.

Couldn't agree more. Even for us locals, it kinda sucks. Trouble is, to get away and camp anywhere nice, you usually have to drive at least 200+ miles in any direction. That's tough to do when you only have the weekends.

jefe 4x4 wrote:

4. Jalama Beach County Park, near Lompoc,CA. This is another hidden gem; you will get lots of sea sounds here. Part of it backs on to the coastal dunes. Magic.

regards, as always, jefe

+1! And, as a bonus, you get a train whistle at 3am. :E

LS

Besides N.Y. City, L.A. and vicinity is the least friendly camp-near-the-beach place I know of. In fact, CA in general has very high coastal restrictions about camping and VERY few RV camps near the beach, pay or not. Having lived in L.A. for 60 years I don't know why anyone would want to visit the place. I got out as quickly as I could.
That being said, there are places that you can 'camp' ON the sand in CA.
1. Pismo Beach. California's token beach sand playground. Huge area. You had better have 4WD and lower the pressure on your tires or you will sink up to your headlights.
2. Point Sal, north of Vandenburg A.F. Base. A small piece of beach with a narrow zig-zagging two track to the beach. I attempted this during the winter one year, slipped off the gooey road, and got my Land Cruiser stuck in the ditch trying to get there. We spent the night sitting up in a rainstorm at a 45degree angle. Winched out the next AM. So, pick your season well. It's a hidden gem of a beach camping opportunity. Here we're camped in 1967:

3. Usal Beach in Northern CA. You go down a dirt track cut into the coastal hillsides for miles and get to abandoned Usal State beach and can camp right on the high tide line. It is wonderful. Best in September/early October.
4. Jalama Beach County Park, near Lompoc,CA. This is another hidden gem; you will get lots of sea sounds here. Part of it backs on to the coastal dunes. Magic.
5. Several Oregon state beaches have an 'ocean tone' with the campsites and are the best sea side state beaches on the planet, IMHO. We were there all last week. There is a commercial camp parking lot in So. Oregon that you can back your TC right to the tidewater sand.



regards, as always, jefe

I live right down the way from Huntington and Bolsa Chica State beaches. You're not gonna find any spaces from here on til past Labor day, 'less you get lucky. I'm down there at least once a week and it's been packed FULL since late Spring.