my name is Jeannie and this is my husband Vince in 2022 we became proud new owners of
our first truck hamper and we've been enjoying many fun road trip adventures with it in this
series we are headed to the California coast for a two-week truck camping trip in our last
episode you saw us try out our first truck stop RV dump and water fill up we headed to
the California desert and explored our 33rd National Park we are visiting Joshua Tree
National Park and checked off all the most popular sites we had a campsite reserved in
the park but we ended up ditching it and we went Scouting For A dispersed campsite just
outside the park entrance
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thank you [Music] better get out so we're going to the ocean today
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we're so excited to get to the ocean so we have about four hours of driving to get over
to Malibu so that's the area we're heading to right now we have a ocean front campsite
booked um so yeah we're just so excited because from here on it's going to be Oceanfront for
quite a few days we had another good sleep here everything's working in the truck camber
nothing has broken everything keeps going very well so now let's get to the ocean foreign
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we're finally in the Deep of it we have traffic jams accidents
yeah LA traffic you guys the first time we were ever in La we remember how awful it was
and we knew today it was just gonna be like another one of those times but you gotta get
to the coast you have to go through L.A or around La we kind of went around La but it's
still traffic is just insane no matter where you are near our La so we're getting there
we still have well it just said hour 40 and now it just jumped to an hour 55 so who knows
when we'll get there but yeah we have one two three four five Lanes of traffic right
now so we're taking advantage of the carpool lanes because there's two of us like flying
past everyone it's kind of weird when you're going like you know really fast past like
all these people I don't know it's just my hands are like sweaty it's like just scary
driving in L.A let alone like being in a carpool lane and just flying past all these people
because everyone is single and it has to be over there we're in the carpool lane which
is like wide open oh
[Music] so we have 29 minutes left till we get to our campsite for the day we are currently
driving through the Santa Monica Mountains and it is really gorgeous and there's like
beautiful mansions everywhere it's very pretty um but yeah we're uh we're ready to be done
for the day that was insane and we're not even to the campsite yet so hopefully the
29 minutes it doesn't like get longer as accidents or something happen but I feel like there's
light at the end of the tunnel look what's right in front of us we are coming down the
Santa Monica Mountains and right in front of us is the ocean we're coming right onto
the Pacific Coast Highway oh my gosh we're so excited oh my God
we had to pull over here up in the mountains we can smell the ocean it's like 75 degrees
out the Thuck hamper made it to the Pacific Ocean we are officially on the Pacific Coast
Highway
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look at what's right behind me you guys our Oceanfront campsite
oh yeah oh my God this is amazing camping right on the Beach Oceanfront
the water is freezing obviously but it's so pretty oh gives us Vibes of being in Cabo
again that's our favorite area in Mexico is Cabo and I don't know the hills you got the
mountains the ocean palm trees the flowers oh so pretty so we're here for two nights
too it's amazing you're probably wondering where we're staying so we are at Point mugu
State Park I think that's how you say it and this is the Thornhill broome Campground which
as you can see is Oceanfront so we have site 30 right now and I actually ended up booking
another night here just because we basically changed our whole itinerary after we did our
Arizona trip because we realized we need to just slow down and not pack in too much when
you're camping because on this itinerary originally we were gonna go to Sequoia Kings Canyon Redwood
National Park all those big parks that are filled with snow right now but we're like
no we're just gonna hang by the ocean so we're two nights here campsite 30 for tonight and
then when we decided to change it I booked campsite 31 for tomorrow night so literally
we just pull forward but yeah here we are and I just noticed we have no service here
for Verizon um which really stinks because I still have a little bit of work stuff coming
through that I have to deal with so I don't know what we're gonna do about that but yeah
this is amazing you do have the road right along here the Pacific Coast Highway but shouldn't
be an issue because once you get down to the ocean all you hear is waves and tonight we'll
have a noise machine if it's allowed so we shouldn't hear the road at all but this is
pretty cool this is really cool oh and the campsites are $42.99 each um pre-booked them
online before we came here of course this is all dry camping here there's no showers
or toilets this is they have a trash and like this is a dry campground um they do have spigots
right here but um yeah there's no hookups or anything just so you know the thing with
camping on a beach though is Sandy feet and we don't want all of the sand in our camper
[Music] oh well it's worth it
Vince is all set up out there he found our our sitting spot oh that's inviting sunglasses
a drink [Music] California
We've lived in two landlocked States our entire life Minnesota and Colorado the excitement
of seeing the ocean just never gets old no matter how often we visit destinations that
are Oceanside just sitting here watching the ocean waves crash brings us so much joy and
calmness the ocean truly soothes the soul I feel like we're hardwired to be happier
and more relaxed both mentally and physically when we're next to the ocean and that's exactly
how we feel right now just completely relaxed and happy to just be sitting here right now
staring at every wave that comes rolling in watching every bird that comes flying by smelling
the salty air and watching The Magic of this Sunset that is taking place right in front
of us
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we just had your afternoon and just looked at the ocean watched the sunset just relaxed
it was needed after driving through L.A no but in seriousness it's just so relaxing so
we just relaxed and it felt really good just to sit here
we're making dinner we have the windows open and we can hear the ocean in our camper and
we're having tacos tonight Oceanside tacos is where it's at tonight oh this afternoon
was so relaxing and I cannot wait to wake up here in the morning and have coffee and
breakfast Oceanside it's amazing how the ocean can just like put you in a different mood
just like instantly flip your mood you know not that we were in a bad mood it was just
LA traffic makes you a little a little spicy you know a little irritable yeah especially
the driver we should uh speaking of the driver uh we need to give some thanks to this guy
right here for getting us through La I know yes he loves it I'm just glad we made it safe
and sound we almost died a hundred times I swear like my life was on the line the whole
time there's some tight Lanes when you got to like Pasadena yes coming through it's so
narrow it's crazy I'm watching like all these truckers and stuff and like how do you do
this I just wow it's crazy but we survived so hopefully that continues no accidents on
this trip I don't think we're gonna turn the heat on at all tonight because I think the
load's like 57 so first night without having to run the heat you guys are going to be very
proud of us we are on day six and we have taken four showers in our camper we only paid
for two showers at the beginning of this trip um but yeah these last four nights it's all
been camper showers and it's been good honestly like our little camper shower does a good
job it's just you kind of have to be very conservative with the water of course and
it's a little more um tedious and you know awkward you have to turn the water on and
off and you're not using it you know it's just in and out with the water but hey we're
rolling we've been super fresh and clean and it's been kind of nice not having to run around
and take showers at other places and we've also been talking about how amazing this has
been um especially at this campsite where we spent 42 dollars and we are beachfront
Oceanfront here at the campground around a hotel to get to this close to the ocean is
probably minimum $400 a night and here we are paying $42.99 in our little tiny house
on wheels it's pretty cool we're really loving this so that's a wrap we are really tired
and exhausted we're not setting an alarm tomorrow we're just gonna wake up when we wake up and
that's it we can't wait to have coffee and breakfast on the beach so tonight's movie
night is a classic California movie we figured how appropriate does anyone know what it is
[Music] yep he just gave it away it's Orange County it's a classic it's a good one so all
right see you tomorrow
we have a seal who's like coming in and out right in front of us Mr chefry made us breakfast
oh there's Dolphins now oh my gosh what a morning we're on the Malibu Pier right now
look how cute the truck Amber is in downtown Malibu we have dug into the RC it's delish
absolutely delish it's a huge starfish just laying on the side of the rock I just climbed
through the hole to the other side of the beach so I found the Lifeguard [Music] [Applause]
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