Parking Places

When we were in Alaska, state parks seemed to be located near airports or on other unwanted land. It was the national parks that had the prime land locations. But for a place to stay, those state parks were fine, easily accessible, and cheap.

Down in Louisiana and Texas, state parks were put in interesting areas, like bayous or canyons and they were still relatively inexpensive, and very pretty places to stay.



In California, state parks seem to be on all the best beaches and forested areas, and they have priced themselves out of our market. But we have now discovered county parks. Again, these are not on prime land, but they are also not expensive. Where we stayed outside of Los Angeles, the stockyards were just over the hill. Usually downwind. But it was convenient to the places and people we wanted to visit.

Now that we are heading north along the California coast, we've targetted a county park just outside a little town called San Luis Obispo. Passing through town on the way to the park, we noticed an unusual number of bail bond companies. And then we passed a "Men's Colony". Wait a minute. Does that mean penal colony? Maybe the next stop will be at an RV resort.

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