Well, this is our second camping trip this summer and boy do I love Carpinteria! After some confusion with the loops in the campground, we found out that we booked our site in the more "RV" area of the campground. These sites are super tiny; I mean SUPER TINY! God was gracious and gave us the end of a row, so we could overflow onto the median. Unfortunately, we did have to move to one of these tiny spots the last night in order to stay longer. By then, we had watched other tenters put up many a tent in these tight spots. What an experience! Make sure you look closely at the details when booking campgrounds!
Back to Carpinteria! The weather was cool, which made it spectacular for riding bikes along the bluffs at the beach. We even found some single track trails along the railroad tracks. What fun! The boys enjoyed the tidepools and tar covered cliffs. They, of course, wanted to bring ALL their treasures home, even the lobster shell. Hmmm. The dutch oven continued to perform spectacularly, as well as the smokey joe. We have taken meals to a new high while camping. We even got vanilla ice cream for our peach cobbler this time due to downtown being right behind us. Yum! A highlight for Andrew was seeing Rincon, a famous surfing spot. One downside of this campground was the train. The first night it went by three times and scared Andrew and I half to death! Fortunately, the kids slept through all of it. How they did this was beyond me! It felt like the thing was roaring right through our tent! Even so, I loved this quaint spot in the world and hope to return again!
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