Layover day or Foothill Road to Avila Beach
August 15, San Luis Obispo County Layover day or Foothill Road to Avila Beach. 10.8 miles This was our scheduled layover day, but several of us felt that we needed to make the effort and statement of going around PG & Es property at Diablo Canyon. To that end, we made a start yesterday and…
Avila Beach to Pismo Beach State Park
August 16, San Luis Obispo County Avila Beach to Pismo Beach State Park. 9.3 miles Today was a somewhat lazy day as indicated by our total mileage. After cleaning up the rental house in Grover Beach, we drove back to Avila Beach to start the hike. With us were our two new section hikers who joined…
Pismo Beach to Guadalupe Beach
August 17: San Luis Obispo County Pismo Beach to Guadalupe Beach. 22.8 miles Yes, that is the correct mileage. We are in an area presenting a distinct cultural clash. A portion of the state park in the Nipomo Dune complex has been given over for the use of off-road vehicles. There is little coexisting with…
Guadalupe Dunes to mile post 2.82 on Brown Road
August 18: Santa Barbara Guadalupe Dunes to mile post 2.82 on Brown Road. 14.1 miles Last night we stayed in the hostel/home of Bill Denneen. Bill is an environmental legend and long an advocate for the Nipomo Dunes habitat and the Point Sal region. Bill’s hostel is not describable by a poor scribe such as…
Brown Road to Lompoc-Casmalia Road/San Antonio Road junction
August 19, Santa Barbara County Mile post 2.82 Brown Road to Lompoc-Casmalia Road/San Antonio Road junction. 15.8 miles This will be a short report because I’m tired. There are only so many ways one can describe walking down a road, and I’ve about exhausted all the ways I know. We had to walk many miles…
Intersection of Lompoc-Casmalia Road to Floradale and Ocean Avenues
August 20, Santa Barbara County Intersection of Lompoc-Casmalia Road to Intersection of Floradale Avenue and Ocean Avenue. 12.9 miles Our campsite last night was at the Lompoc River Park, situated next to a seed farm. Our campsite was next to fields of purple and orange blossoms whose seeds would soon to be sold across the…
Floridale and Ocean Avenue Intersection to Mile Post 700 on Highway 1
August 21: Santa Barbara County Floridale and Ocean Avenue Intersection to Mile Post 700 on Highway 1. 14.6 miles This was the first of two inland days as we were here forced to go around the Bixby and Hollister Ranch properties. Today was entirely road walking. The first two or so miles took us to the…
Mile Post 700 on Highway One to Gaviota State Beach.
August 22: Santa Barbara County Mile Post 700 on Highway One to Gaviota State Beach. 10.8 miles We camped last night at Gaviota State Beach where it was windy and overcast. Out to sea, we could sea oil rigs in the Santa Barbara Channel and the Channel Islands beyond. Joining us during the night were Chris Pesenti,…
A Santa Barbara Layover Day
August 23: Santa Barbara County A Santa Barbara Layover Day Today, the 23rd, was our layover day, and we scattered here and there to do this and that. All did laundry. Some went to see “Step into Liquid”, a new surfing movie. Those who did were partially motivated by chatting two days before to Chris…