Puttered around this morning and didn’t leave the Piru Recreation Area until after 11 am. Not far along Hwy 126 is Fillmore, CA. It’s a small town but has this lovely square in front of their city hall.
They also have a railway museum which I found interesting. They have quite a collection of old locomotives and mostly passenger cars. It is possible to ride on some of this old stock but not today. There was a sign saying that soot and embers could be expected if riding in the open air carriages pulled by steam engines.
Fillmore has a lovely downtown with many shops including this one.
It was unclear to me if the guns and ammo were considered gifts. And, if not, what other things might the shop contain as ‘gifts’. I was not inclined to enter to find out.
It wasn’t too far from Fillmore to the coast where Hwy 126 connected with Hwy 101. The original coast highway is know as the PCH (Pacific Coast Highway) and designated Hwy 1. In this part of California, two lane Hwy 1 has disappeared and been replaced with a four to six lane freeway. Still there was one opportunity to get off and drive along the old road. It was quintessential southern California. Beach after beach with surfers parked at the side of the road and carrying their boards across to the beach.
A little further down the road in Carpinteria, I had a lovely lunch (fish tacos) on the patio of a local restaurant. It was frequented by many locals.
I took care of a couple of errands in Carpinteria (groceries, gas) and we headed further north on Hwy 101. I’d seen a write up for a campground at Jalama Beach. It’s down a long twisty road from Hwy 1 to the ocean. As I drove down the road I was thinking that this was going to be a great spot – quiet and secluded. Well, it is both of those things but it turns out there’s a fairly large campground here and it’s almost full. Still we’re camped up above the beach with a beautiful view of the surrounding hills and the beach.
And I even got to see an Amtrak Train (The Coast Starlight?) go by shortly after we arrived. I do love things that run on two rails.
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