California, 8th November, Montana de Oro State park
We had not booked camp sites along the central coast of California as we were not sure of our timings. But after hunting around for a camping space the night before, we left Lake Lopez early the next morning and drove across to Montana de Oro State Park, on the coast roughly halfway between Los Angeles and Monterey to try and book in immediately. We were thrilled to see a pumpkin field on the way, so American! As we got near to the coast the mist came down and swirled around the eucalyptus trees that grew along the side of the road. There is a state run campsite right next to the sea. We saw the warden who said we could reserve a spot now, so we paid him, filled in a slip and attached it to the marker post next to an empty site. Normal procedure. Comforted that we had somewhere to lay our heads we drove to a little car park next to Spooner's Cove and walked down onto the sand. The fog still hung around the horizon but there were a few people on the beach includ...