Overnight along 101, Ventura/Oxnard, CA
I need an overnight spot around the Ventura/Oxnard area that is free or cheap, easily accessible to 101, and that is not a CA state park. (Crammed full, and hardly cheap!) Walmarts in the area are "no...
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You can try Foster Park, a Ventura county park. It is a few miles up the 33 from the 101, but it is relativly unknown, quiet in the evening, and offers paved full hook-up sites for $35 a night. If you are more than 2 weeks out, you can reserve a site, if not and during the week there is almost always something. Weekend you might be out of luck. There are 16 sites, 10 are paved full hook up and easy to access, the other 6 at the end of the road, are dirt and not level (I have stayed in site 16 with my 22ft TT but getting through the trees was TIGHT!) We have stayed here many times as our quick get away and have been happy. Walk up the road a bit and check out the old Foster Bowl, an old outdoor ampitheater. You could also try lake Casitas a little further up the road.
Unfortunately, these are best bets in this area, and what everyone has been saying is the reality. It is very controlled with no where really to park out of sight out of mind, and most camping options are expensive IF you can find anything at all. Our favorite quick get away used to be McGrath SB. But the prices went through the roof, I simply will not pay $45 a night for DRY camping! Foster Park is now our quick get away.
Daniel
Unfortunately, these are best bets in this area, and what everyone has been saying is the reality. It is very controlled with no where really to park out of sight out of mind, and most camping options are expensive IF you can find anything at all. Our favorite quick get away used to be McGrath SB. But the prices went through the roof, I simply will not pay $45 a night for DRY camping! Foster Park is now our quick get away.
Daniel
