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Hi I'm Mike and I'm Miha from World Travel Bug. On this episode we are at Pacific Dunes.
Which is just outside Pismo Beach. Yeah, so come along with us let us show you around.
Located along California's central coast Oceana Dunes, also known as Pacific Dunes and Pismo
Beach sand dunes, is a recreational haven for off-roading enthusiasts. It's also a great
place for surfing and wind sports horseback riding biking in our case our scooters as
well as exploring the natural preserve of the dunes which is particularly special at sunset.
Oceana dunes is also the only place in California where you can actually drive and camp on
the beach however it looks like this will be coming to an end as civic leaders are phasing
vehicle beach access out by 2026 so you still have a few years left to try out this unique experience
oh my gosh we're a little out of breath it's a half a mile walk from the pacific dunes campground
to the ocean and you have to go through these dunes and it is not easy but it's really cool
it's a very unique experience to be able to walk through these and then see the pacific ocean
right in front of you surrounded by mountains it's not surrounded but flanked by mountains
So these uh dunes are a bit deceptive you know it keeps the ocean looks like it's much
closer than it really is but i think we're just have to go over these hills right here
and we will be at the beach i believe we did say that a few times just
one more hill one more hill this happened like ten times
this is the pacific ocean.
This is me.
Hey we're getting close. Wow oh my gosh what the hell i see a travel trailer on the beach
I think that's what that is oh my god what the hell
there's all kinds of activity going on they have ATV's.
Oh wow oh i see cars driving on the beach
wow oh this actually could be fun
oh they have atvs to rent and stuff there is a fence
we are getting so close here's that area we can get through the fence well this is
not really what i expected i really thought we would come across a nice secluded beach
and there is just commerce everywhere renting atvs, surfboards, firewood.
Yeah this isn't really what i was expecting it's an action-packed beach yeah yeah but
my gosh there are people also camping on the beach which I'll tell you is awfully appealing.
After spending some time at the beach we headed back to the campground to hang out a bit we waited
until the sun started to get low on the horizon and then headed back out into the dunes again
we're climbing the dunes again but this time
for sunset oh my gosh the shadows and stuff are so beautiful.
While we're staying here in central California we're staying at the pacific dunes campground
and encore property by thousand trails it's located just right over here
on this side we have the setting sun and the beautiful pacific ocean
well that's it from this short episode from the pacific dunes so until next time we'll
see on the road. MikesRoadTrip.com