I didn’t.
Until the very last minute before 4th of July weekend. Sonoma Coast State Beach was literally the LAST available California campsite on www.ReserveAmerica.com.
The last!
Everything else had been booked days, weeks, probably months in advance. Of course. I should have known not to last-minute plan for this camping trip.
[Note to self: Plan ahead. Make reservations further in advance.]
Alas, busy lives lead to procrastination, and there I was on www.ReserveAmerica.com Thursday, June 29, franctically searching for an open spot that wasn’t designated for handicap access.
Yes, it was spontaneous, and surprisingly it turned out really well. My brother came along, and Karla was supposed to, but uncharacteristically, she flaked the day that we left. Spontaneously, again, I had invited my tita Cecille, tito Roly, and cousins from Tracy the day before–I had a feeling Karla would flake. And in the very last minute, they also decided to come, so they met me and my brother at the campsite the evening of.
Check it out:
“Tide pooling” at Bodega Head with Carlo. Did you know that “tide pooling” is an officially sanctioned fun activity by the California State Parks Department?
Francis taking a picture at Bodega Head
A camping trip would not be complete without vienna sausages and spam
Family Pic at Armstrong Redwood Grove. The redwoods were only about 15 miles east of the beach, so we had to take a trip to hike through them.
