San Luis Obispo Camping

Clayton, Cindy's dad, had his funeral in San Luis this weekend.  I really wanted to be there to support her so we made  a weekend of it.  I took Scott and Tyler out of school on Friday and we went to San Luis Mission and walked around downtown San Luis.  It was a super cute campus town.  We went to the mission and the little kids aka Parker made it through about 30 minutes.  The older kids listened to the entire tour.  It was really cool to see the mission and learn about the mission system.  After, we went to the beach which is always my happy place.  It was the perfect beach for the kids.  The waves were the perfect size and it was so hot out.  We had a great time. We went to chipotle for dinner and headed to the Santa Margarita KOA to set up camp.  I have never been to a KOA because it is double the price as camping and was never worth it but this weekend was member appreciation week that you get a night free.  I decided showers, real bathrooms and places for kids to play made it worth it since I was on my own.  It was heavenly.  It was still camping but with amazing perks which made it kind of like glamping (at least for what we are used to).  It was my first camping experience without Danny and we survived.  We got the perfect campsite and as soon as we got there the kids found a tarantula that they had fun holding.  They loved to hike up the mountain by our campsite. 

The next day we hung around camp then took showers and got ready to meet Danny at the funeral.  Danny came up with Stacy, Angela and Shannon who came for the funeral. It is about a 4 hour drive and I know meant so much to Cindy that they came.  The funeral was beautiful.  It was really neat to get to know Clay better.  He was truly a man who loved people and making connections with people.  He dealt with depression in his life and it was neat to her how he relied on the Savior through his hardest times.  He was a great husband, dad, bishop and grandpa.  Afterwards, we went to a luncheon with his family.  It was beautiful and we all had a great time.  My heart hurts for Cindy.  I can't imagine losing a parent so suddenly. He was so young.  It just doesn't seem fair sometimes but I do know he is in a better place.

Afterwards, we went back to the camp and Danny joined us.  The kids had a good time jumping on the jumpy pillow, hanging out with Kevin the Emu and playing with the fire.  The next day we went to the lake down the street and ran the RC boats.  Danny and kids have been really into RC boats.  They go to our local golf course lake to drive them.  They had a successful run and the kids all had a great time.  The boats tend to get problems and need retrieving so Danny wanted to quit while we were ahead and nobody needed to rescue a boat. Especially since it was a lake where you weren't allowed to swim because it was eventually used for drinking water.  We were going to go to Hearst Castle on the way home but it was pretty far from the freeway so we decided to just head home.  

The central coast was beautiful.  I usually go to L.A. to hang out at the beach but this is way shorter a drive, less traffic and just as beautiful.  Maybe that will be my new go to beach area.  So many beautiful places to camp.  Definitely want to go back.