Morning view of the countryside at Jalama Beach
On Wednesday morning we left the county park at Jalama Beach and headed north once more. Not before we paid the balance owing on our campsite. The surfer dude guy who was at the booth seemed to have difficulty with the computer and I think I ended up getting overcharged. In retrospect I probably should have just driven away. Would I get caught the next time I tried to enter the U.S. I guess I’ll never know.
We stopped for coffee in the town of Lampoc, CA. Mostly I needed to check in with their wi-fi but it turned out to be a funky little coffee shop with home baked goodies. They also had some really interesting art for sale although the one piece with the Westy in it was NOT for sale. They also had lots of old, odd musical instruments hanging on the walls – including a couple of old euphonium.
Over the years since I became a VW Westfalia owner, I’ve occasionally ordered parts and accessories from GoWesty. It’s a business in Los Osos, CA that specializes in Westy parts and also sells reconditioned vehicles – most with a hefty price tag. In any event, the latest gadget they’ve come up with which was tempting me is a controller for the intermittent windshield wipers on the van. As built 30 years ago the intermittent wipers only have one speed. This gadget allows you to control the frequency of the intermittent wiping. Living in Victoria it seemed to me as if it would make a good investment. And since we were pretty much passing by I thought I would just drop in, pick the tiny electronic gadget up and avoid shipping charges to Canada. Their staff were as friendly as their website would suggest and I will now have adjustable intermittent wiping when I get back to Victoria.
We didn’t really cover a lot of ground today and ended up at the state park just south of San Simeon Castle – the estate of the late William Randolph Hearst. We camped in the upper campground with lovely views down to the coast and had a good night’s sleep in the sparsely occupied campground.
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