Pismo Beach

Pismo Beach

We arrived at Pismo Beach Tuesday afternoon.  After getting everything hooked up we went for a long walk on the beach, it was so much fun taking off our shoes and walking in the water, and feeling the refreshing ocean breeze on our face feeling so lucky to be here.

Today (Wednesday) we ate lunch at the Splash Cafe known for their award winning chowder, the food was really good.  We managed to waddle out of the restaurant and went to the candy store and bought some fudge.

We walked on the beach listening to the sound of the waves as they raced to reach they're finally destination on shore.  The seagulls sang their victory song when a person dropped a piece of food and they swooped down snatching their prize. The pier gave us a wonderful view of the open ocean, the beach and the area hillside. It's also a great way to meet up with some pretty interesting individuals who fish off the pier. We watched the whales in the distanced and were amazed and excited when several flapped their tail and made a gigantic splash with their tail.

The Chumash Indians settled in Pismo Beach at least 9,000 years ago. They referred to the area as a place to find pismu, or tar. During the Great Depression, the Governor of California froze the currency supply in California leaving merchants moneyless, forcing them to find other ways to transact business. Scrip, or promissory notes, written on clamshells became an alternate form of money in Pismo Beach. The clamshell currency was used only while the banks were closed, and was only circulated locally, being redeemed in full when the banks were re-opened.  Movies filmed in the area: Ten Commandments 1956, My Blue Heaven 1990, Poetic Justice 1993, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End 2007.

Tomorrow we travel to Los Angeles!

So much fun !!

You can see the camp ground where we are staying