On our way back to Phoenix, we stopped in Palm Springs for three days.  Once again, we were advised not to park here after dark due to the tight spaces and huge date palm trees at the edge of each site.  Of course, we arrived to the campground after dark. We were hoping that one of the pull through spaces […]

Wow! What a beautiful drive and a beautiful site! Rancho Oso is located about 30 min off of highway 101 in the foothills of Santa Barbara next to the Los Padres National Forest. We had heard that we should avoid arriving after dark because the entrance road is narrow, windy, and steep with a lot of hairpin turns.  Once you […]

In true newbie fashion, we ended up leaving our Arizona site late and arriving to our California site after dark. While we have never had a problem driving in the dark, pulling in to a new park, trying to find a site, backing in, and setting up tends to be a little more challenging after dark.   We planned on […]