Since towing Howie is still new to us and stressful, we prefer not to drive more than a tankful of gas. As we gain more experience and fuel at rv-friendly stations, we’ll consider driving longer distances. For now, keeping our drives under 200mi is good. Since Pismo State Beach campground did not have full hookups, we reserved a full hookup site at Carpinteria State Beach. We only stopped for one night to break up the drive home. We considered boondocking since there are no Harvest Hosts in this region. But having a full hookup site allowed us to bypass the dump station at Pismo Beach campground.
Carpinteria State Beach campground has sites right on the beach and we reserved one of the few sites available. Since our trailer is only 20ft, there was one site available. If you want a campground with full hookups right on the beach then this is the place. We were only here one night but we made the most of our 24hrs. There are natural tar sands, resembling black lava flows, oozing throughout the beach front.
