Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:04:23 -0600
Reply-To: Tom Buese <tombuese@COMCAST.NET>
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From: Tom Buese <tombuese@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: SoCal beach camping?
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& now we know the rest of the story!
Thanks for the clarifications/edifications & elaborations.
YMMV,
Mr. BZ-every story has to have at least a shred of truth in it
On Jun 10, 2011, at 1:31 AM, Paul wrote:
> Don's right that is not Rincon, a spot made somewhat more famous by Tom
> Curren, 3 time world champion surfer who used to ditch school and surf the
> spot till the sun went down. The place you're referring to is a wee bit
> south and is called Faria County Park. Not much of park though, it's
> basically a stretch of road with a sea wall that you park next to. Oh and
> did I mention that Hwy 101 is a stones throw away? There are a couple of
> beaches north of Santa Barbara that are much nicer. Gaviota Beach and
> Refugio Beach are so much better places to stay and even Carpinteria State
> Beach isn't bad. But if you like "camping" on black top with nothing between
> you and the RV next to you Faria Beach is the place to be. But even Faria
> can have a nice wave to catch..............
>
> On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 4:33 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 2:13 PM, Tom Buese <tombuese@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>> On Jun 9, 2011, at 3:01 PM, levi hawkins wrote:
>>>
>>>> Notice there's a vanagon in that video that Richard Koerner posted, top
>>> popped, at about 2:21 on the video, dwarfed and all but swallowed up by
>> the
>>> mamoths....
>>>
>>> Yep, & a turkis & white split window bus further down, also sandwiched
>>> between the ginormous RVs.
>>>
>>> At least the spots are positioned so each vehicle gets a long view facing
>>> the beach & afterall, it is Rincon, a famous surf spot, IIRC.
>>> I am surprised that in that part of CA camping is only $20/nite, even w/
>>> only portapotties.
>>>
>>> YMMV,
>>>
>>> Mr. BZ-surfs up somewhere
>>>
>>> That is not Rincon, the surf spot. It may be some other Rincon, but
>> the
>> surf spot is on a point (a few miles north of that photo spot) which has
>> private property and homes of rich people and no trespassing everywhere.
>> I have seen those 'camps' too. There is also a train track between the
>> road from the picture's perspective and the vehicles and another frontage
>> road that goes just between the tracks and the vehicles in the pics. The
>> "beach" is rock at high tide...low tide there may be sand.
>> There are 'surprise' camping places in So Cal, though, places that are
>> quite nice right on some of the worlds most expensive real estate...Camp
>> quick, though, before California sells em for their state budget shortage.
>>
>> Don Hanson
>>
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