So a few weeks ago, on a whim, I decided to see if there was any chance we could take a family trip to the beach. Rick needed to use his surfboard at least once this year, and I wanted to dip my feet into the ocean. After checking out a couple different hotels, I thought I would see if by some offchance there was a space available at one of the beach campsites. AND THERE WAS! Right at Doheny State Beach, which is next to Dana Point, there was ONE single campsite available. We snagged it for two nights, loaded the kids and the gear into the expedition, and headed out to the ocean.
The kids absolutely LOVED it! The beach was literally steps from our site. And next year, when we actually PLAN this, we will have a site right on the ocean. It will be amazing!
I loved this campsite, too. There were kids everywhere! Of course our kids made friends right away with a boy across the way. He spent most of the day hanging out with us or chasing the kids on their scooters around the parking lot. The only downside to this campground was that the train tracks were pretty close to it. That meant that at midnight and 4 am we heard the trains going by. They didn't blow their horns, at least. We fell back asleep right away, so it really wasn't that big of a deal.
I was relly surprised at the amenities the camp offered. We had a bathroom literally around the corner from us and showers just a few steps past that. Everything was incredibly clean and nice, especially the showers! It was so nice to clean up after a day in the sand.
We decided to see if we could walk to an ice cream shop that was over near Dana Point Harbor, right down the way from us...
Unfortunately, that walk ended up in a dead end! We were on one side of the harbor, the ice cream shop on the other! Violet and I tried to walk to where we thought was another Baskin-Robbins place while Rick and Riley got the car to meet us, but it turned out to be ANOTHER dead end. As you can see, Violet was not happy about not getting her ice cream. We tried to drive around, looking for the place, but both kids fell asleep in the car. We promised them ice cream the next day.
The next morning, we drove down to San Clemente where we KNEW there was ice cream! The kids were so happy about getting a yummy cone. We also stopped at the Rainbow factory to get ourselves some new sandals! YAY!
We spent the evening combing the tide pools at Dana Point looing for sea creatures. We found all sorts of fun little crabs and anenome!
We thought we were coming at the beginning of low tide, but it seemed as though the water level was *rising*... so we didn't stay long.
I don't even know what this is supposed to be.
After our fun day, we had dinner at a restaurant at Dana Point. The next day we went to IKEA before returning home. It was a perfect little quick family vacation, and I am so glad we followed our impulse and just DID IT!
The kids absolutely LOVED it! The beach was literally steps from our site. And next year, when we actually PLAN this, we will have a site right on the ocean. It will be amazing!
I loved this campsite, too. There were kids everywhere! Of course our kids made friends right away with a boy across the way. He spent most of the day hanging out with us or chasing the kids on their scooters around the parking lot. The only downside to this campground was that the train tracks were pretty close to it. That meant that at midnight and 4 am we heard the trains going by. They didn't blow their horns, at least. We fell back asleep right away, so it really wasn't that big of a deal.
I was relly surprised at the amenities the camp offered. We had a bathroom literally around the corner from us and showers just a few steps past that. Everything was incredibly clean and nice, especially the showers! It was so nice to clean up after a day in the sand.
We decided to see if we could walk to an ice cream shop that was over near Dana Point Harbor, right down the way from us...
Unfortunately, that walk ended up in a dead end! We were on one side of the harbor, the ice cream shop on the other! Violet and I tried to walk to where we thought was another Baskin-Robbins place while Rick and Riley got the car to meet us, but it turned out to be ANOTHER dead end. As you can see, Violet was not happy about not getting her ice cream. We tried to drive around, looking for the place, but both kids fell asleep in the car. We promised them ice cream the next day.
The next morning, we drove down to San Clemente where we KNEW there was ice cream! The kids were so happy about getting a yummy cone. We also stopped at the Rainbow factory to get ourselves some new sandals! YAY!
We spent the evening combing the tide pools at Dana Point looing for sea creatures. We found all sorts of fun little crabs and anenome!
We thought we were coming at the beginning of low tide, but it seemed as though the water level was *rising*... so we didn't stay long.
I don't even know what this is supposed to be.
After our fun day, we had dinner at a restaurant at Dana Point. The next day we went to IKEA before returning home. It was a perfect little quick family vacation, and I am so glad we followed our impulse and just DID IT!
2 comments:
I TOLD YOU YOU'D LOVE THE STATE BEACHES! The bathrooms and showers are the BEST EVER!
I wanna go!
You guys are awesome and next time I want to be with you guys K!!!
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