Herb Fust, a longtime member of our 50 year old camping group, retired from the US Air Force and as such is entitled to use military base campgrounds and to bring guests with him. This was the third time he arranged for the Roadrunners to enjoy parking their RVs on a California beach and sightseeing at nearby attractions.
Members met at the Golden Acorn Casino near Campo CA Tues. night so we could caravan the last 90 miles to Camp Pendleton and enter the base and campgrounds together. We had dinner and breakfast there in return for the free RV parking.
The Williams needed electricity overnight for their RV residential refrigerator, and I was able to fine an outlet for them to use on one of the parking lot light poles. Should you want to park at the Golden Acorn Casino overnight and have power, look for the Ace of Diamonds sign in the parking lot. The nearby parking lot for semis has power outlets on most of the poles in that area.
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After arriving at Camp Pendleton and getting our rigs set up we gravitated to the shade under the Williams’ awning. Our adjacent sites were on asphalt, minimizing the sand being tracked in. All other rows of sites had the RVs parking on sand.
Lots of folks enjoyed the nice shallow beach. Someone told me “go fly a kite”, so I happily did so. The ocean breeze made launching a snap.
These sturdy fire rings were provided behind each RV site. Above are Elsie and Tom Holz, Mary and Herb Fust and Jo.
Herb brought his ingredients to make different colored flames in the roaring fire. They usually are blue or green.
Our group had dinner one night at Joe’s Crab Shack in nearby Oceanside.
Front row: Mary Fust, Barbara Williams, Debbie and Kurt Holz; back row: Herb Fust, Mike Williams, Jo Strong. and Elsie and Tom Holz.
After eating we walked around the marina to check out the shops and their wares. A zipppered hooded sweatshirt was a popular item.
Debbie was the only member of our group to have a bucket of crab legs for her dinner
All of us took the Coaster commuter rail the 40 miles from Oceanside into downtown San Diego for a day’s outing.The cost was only $5.50 per person round trip. The end of the line was the historic Santa Fe depot in the downtown area. Although the Burlington Northern bought the Santa Fe line several years ago, the100 year old building still is known as the Santa Fe depot. It is used as a terminal for Amtrak, the Coaster and the local trolley
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The interior of the depot is spacious and well-kept.
The tiled design appears on many interior walls of the depot.
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