This decision definitely made the drive more stressful and was probably a bad idea, however, at the end of the day stress is only temporary but pics last forever! After navigating the narrow streets of the Bay Area with our big ass trailer for longer than we would have liked, we finally made it out of the urban sprawl and back onto highway 1 heading south towards the KOA.
We thought that we had seen it all on this drive, but it turned out that we had one last memorable moment to experience before pulling into the campground. As we were driving through Santa Cruz, we came to a red light and spotted this gem on the side of the road.
Nothing says California like a billboard congratulating the city for successfully housing the homeless located mere feet above a massive homeless encampment.
Keep up the good work, comrades! Not only was there no ocean view, but the sites were extremely close together and when it came time to plug in our electrical hookups, we discovered that the pedestal only had a amp outlet we have a amp rig. Of course, the campground store offered to converters, which we were forced to buy.
Gotta wonder how much extra they bring in each year from people like usโฆ. Once we got our power situation straightened out, we were confronted with yet another problem โ this time regarding connectivity. But sadly, these cell issues would become a reoccurring theme during our time out in California โ yet another reason we rank it in the bottom tier of states that we have visited in the RV down there with New Mexico, yuck. Speaking of rankings, when factoring in the astronomical price that we paid to stay at this KOA, we have to put it in bottom tier as well.
