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MarkTwain
Mar 27, 2018Explorer
jmtandem wrote:Best camp advice for doing it cheap and with no reservations? All self contained, but want to do the must sees.
Start - Beyond Santa Barbara and up through Santa Rosa. Go slow enough to see what's great, and keep moving up the coast, on the coast HWY 1.
Any advice for this trip
End of March-April?
You definitely will want to know where you are sleeping each night. There is very little boondocking available on the Pacific Coast Highway; with the exception of the Monterey and San Francisco Bay area very few sizeable towns; and most campgrounds have been reserved for months by others. California Highway 1, the Pacific Coast Highway, is arguably the most scenic highway in all of America. You will not be alone, you will go slow even if you don't want to, and you will see something new around every curve. And there are lots of curves. Plan well for this trip. It is worth it.
Nothing in California is 'cheap' and you will find that trying to secure a camp spot without reservations falls somewhere between impossible and 'not going to happen'.
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