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surfing

Trestles and San Onofre beaches, San Mateo campground

August 8, 2009

Just less than an hour drive North on the 5 you’ll find Trestles and San Onofre beaches. For camping, I recommend San Mateo campground over San Onofre Bluffs. It’s nice that the bluffs are close to the beach, but the campsites there are close together and right next to the highway. San Mateo campground has [...]

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Paddleboarding

June 26, 2009

I’ve been watching the paddleboarding surfers in the water for a while now. This week, I finally decided to try it out. I rented a board from a local surf shop and took it out both in the San Diego Bay and in the ocean. The board is big and kind of [...]

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a weekend away… just north to Dana Point

August 12, 2008

Summer in Southern California is great for beach camping with friends. This past weekend I headed up to Doheny State Beach in Dana Point for camping and a wedding. The campsites were close together, but comfortable, and some of them were right on the beach. The wedding was held in a paved, canopy-covered area in [...]

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