TR: a few days of dry camping near Morro Bay, Calif.

That area, Point Buchon to Ragged Point, is one of my favorite places on earth. I'm glad that you swallowed your aversion to campgrounds long enough to go there and see the sights. Were you able to see critters on the Pt. Buchon hike? The last time I hiked there, a vulture was perched on a fence post near the trail and further south there were long-tailed weasels romping in the grass.