so this is the crazy part about RV life sometimes is that you see things along
the way and right now we are literally driving
into a fire I mean this is the smoke is crazy um
just absolutely nuts
we're on 101 just outside of the pismo beach what's the people around
here called that but look at this guys this is nuts
you're literally driving into smoke driving into the fire look at everything
that's burned on the side of the road there
holy smokes yeah holy smokes is right oh my goodness it's all black and then
there goes another plane
oh my goodness the smell ben
I don't think we have a air circulation
option are you serious I'm serious but look the
ocean's right there if that's any consolation you gotta
come here come here no no no no
right there all the palm trees and stuff are getting we are literally driving
through a fire right off the beach is there a do you
need to pull over which way is he coming ash is falling on
the RV oh my gosh this is getting hard to
breathe right here there he goes I was right
right over there right there right there there's more
fire it's right next to the pine tree right
there this pine tree is gonna go up I can't
believe that we are on this road and that they didn't close this road
when there's well now because oh my gosh look at that they need to let
us get moving yeah because I'm gonna
this is bad our whole rv's gonna smell like a campfire
it's like ash is dryI''m suffocating honey there's nothing we can do
look at all the workers that's a lot of work
they're firefighters they're taking down everything so the fire has no fuel
but they need so we made it through the very scary fire which is
still burning and uh we're gonna walk down to pismo
beach we just had some yummy mexican at a place
that my cousin recommended who lives in this area
so it's always good to have a local that can tell you the good places to eat
in areas so we got a good tip from him and uh hopefully we'll walk down to the
beach and take a little walk on the beach right here this area seems to be
under construction so we'll figure it out
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ran out and then secondly backed it up
hey buddy what you doing
nice
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we tend to buy drinking water a lot it's a little smushed
but it's nice to have it's warm
I always keep an extra jug in the car that I just fill
up like at the spigot of the campground
we need to refill this when we get back but little tip
and you have rv life with kids traveling with kids they're going to get dirty
they always want them getting them a jeep dirty carry some extra
just jugs of water in the back that are just rinse of dirts
it looks like they closed the 101 one hour ago where we've been staying
where we've been here at the pismo beach area
is actually a thousand trails park and we don't have a thousand trails
membership but you can still stay at the thousand trails park even if you
don't have a thousand trails membership which is what we decided to do here now
here at the pacific dunes rv ranch it is super cool because just adjacent
to the rv park are the pacific dunes now these are amazing sand dunes
it reminds me of if I was like in the sahara desert
or something like that as soon as you get onto these dunes
and the dunes are so big that the kids can actually take their
boogie boards and sled down the dunes on their boogie
boards so we're up here the other night and it was
just absolutely amazing and we came up with another family that
was staying in the campground and so we're gonna come up here again this
evening and let the kids burn off some energy and
get a workout too because as you walk through the sand of these dunes goodness
sometimes it comes up to your knees it's that deep it's super soft
you're not gonna get stuck but you can get a workout getting your
feet in and out of sand so we're gonna go over into the dunes this evening and
just get a little bit of exercise before we call it a night but I love
this backpack because for like the kids shoes I can
just use these side things to put their shoes on
and then throw it on so I'm totally digging this day pack
I think I'm gonna like make this my new regular hiking backpack because it's
so lightweight but so versatile too I'm loving it
wait this is weird tonight yeah it is it's just really foggy the other night
it was just crystal clear like it's so foggy that
I'm actually a little concerned about going out too far and then
being able to see our way back so let's not
go out too far tonight because boy the visibility is just really weird
versus the last time that we were out here
our feet have the funniest tan lines right now it's cracking me up
watch too many movies because so many things were might be here
but like looking for the tree see I can't see the tree are you sure
you know where the tree is I can't see the tree either I don't know
where the tree is I didn't want to come out this far
that's fine we just need to head in that well I think that what one of those
directions here to here and we'll make it
sure so it's a good workout walking back and forth
on these dunes but it's starting to get late so
we're gonna head back to the rv a couple kids need
showers really bad after this but maybe we'll come back tomorrow and
there's better sunlight because this is just kind of crazy with all this fog tonight
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Trinity so what are we doing today Trinity I'm going surfing
no we don't need no stinking boogie board we got a surfboard yo
who's gonna teach you how to surf
my second cousin Ian
on a scale of one to ten what's your
excitement level ten being like freaking out one being
like meh i'm kind of excited 10 10 not 11
wow we're 25. thousand all right so here is one of the benefits of being
able to visit family and having family
that is like a really good surfer so ever since we saw the movie soul
surfer Trinity has wanted to give it a try
and the only time I ever attempted it was in Hawaii
I knew nothing rented a surfboard that I would go out and surf
yeah no that's not happening so anyway um today's gonna be the first time she's
pretty in stoked that guy
lift you up there you go knees off your hips keep you warmer than
you were it's a little bit big but that's fine
what is this for what to pull her out of the shark's mouth
yourself that's the only way you can get the zipper
go have some fun and see what happens all right sweet let's do this
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it's cold
it's cold down there dang it's cold down there
nice
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good job I mean first one she was up on the board
high five you were up on the board
you having fun
I'm shaking but yeah
so we're here at the beach today enjoying some beach weather but um
yeah a little problem with the rig so when we were
in zion national park we were only hooked up
to 30 amp not 50 and it was pretty hot and so we didn't really try to run both
air conditioners knowing that that would probably overload the system
but um I think we might have made a mistake
in maybe trying to run the fan on one I'm
I'm just not 100 sure maybe that's what did it or
what pushed it over the edge but our very front ac which is the larger
capacity one the compressor stopped working
the only way to replace the compressor is to replace the whole unit
so we ordered a unit in got it in we're here
in the aurora grand bay pismo beach area of California right now and I have a cousin
that lives here so my cousin came over today helped Ben
get it on the roof because it's pretty heavy
and they got it connected and wired hooked up
and it's not working so obviously we were not as handy as we
thought we were we got in a little over our heads
with this ac so we're gonna have to take it to a shop tomorrow now thankfully
there is a shop available to look at it tomorrow
before that we move them in to our next destination here in California
but um it's gonna probably be a little cold tonight
because that thermostat then also runs the heaters and so we have no thermostat
right now there's no power going to the thermostat
it's probably a little chilly tonight but
um thankfully there is a shop that can look at it tomorrow
so we'll see what they say hopefully it's a quick fix i can't imagine it
not being a quick fix but you never know so hopefully it is and we'll be back in
business but we'll uh keep you posted so stay
tuned no I said one or two more she says 102
more no like because I I thought I thought you said it high five Trinity
good job you still have sand on your feet just
got done get a bunch surfing surfing enjoying
some time at the beach gotta go get some more calories back
into our bodies actually smells delicious in here
they've got um original maple bacon
almond roll walnut roll walnut raisin cinnamon roll with cherries and a pecan
roll sorry guys they're all for me whatever
guys I got
let see what you got
cinnamon roll
those are huge
they're ginormous
so California is not as warm as I expected
now I have never been to the central coast of California like
we are right now but it's not that one so
today we are going to take a little drive
up to Morro bay California and just check it out
we've heard that it's a good spot to see some seals
so we're going to see if we see any of those uh we're definitely gonna grab in
and out because I'm starving and we need to grab
something to eat
I feel like you go to in and out entirely too much
I can't help it we don't have this in all of the states so
to make most of it while we have it
so you might be thinking that we come to In and Out burger a lot
and that's mainly because we do
come to in-n-out burger all the time when there is one
so there's like this little colony group I don't know what you call a group of
otters it's probably a technical term a business
a business of otters no but you actually call um a group of fairs of business
oh you do call it a business affair I'm serious
but they're all just out here on the water chilling they're so cute
the otters
I know they're so cute
so I found a starfish right here we were just sitting up there and I
spotted starfish I also got some heart crabs here what's this
look it on see they're there very cool crabs oh he popped in he went right back
in he's camera shy and then here's another one right here
so this is a cool little place here in morro bay to just watch the otters or
look at wildlife this rock behind me here is just alive
with seagulls and uh it's really pretty
evening not very sunny again tonight which is a
bummer but um beautiful night and uh this being in
a bay area is just perfect for
you know looking at wildlife and um being able to spot some of the
wildlife that comes to the bay areas that
is not always where there's like crashing waves and things like that so
fun little just evening thing to come to you and to take a look at
here in Morro bay California which is right off of
the coast in central California
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