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Subject:Re: Camping in San Diego?
From:Ben McCafferty
Date:Tue, 13 Nov 2001 20:42:26 -0800

OK, I was thinking more along the lines of county parks, but Dan's driveway
sounds good....
bmc  :)

"Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel...."

> From: Frank Grunthaner <FrankGRUN@AOL.COM>
> Reply-To: FrankGRUN@AOL.COM
> Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 23:16:30 EST
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Camping in San Diego?
>
> Not clear to me that there are any nice camping sites in metro San Diego. We
> have stayed at Campland by the Bay, for something higher than $60 per day
> (your own stretch of parking lot with 6 feet clear on either side of the
> Vanagon. At least there were toilets!
>
> As the worst rip-off I have ever encountered, the De Anza Resort, Campground,
> hell hole ... $60 for a parking space in a pile of cluttered debris from old
> rusted trailers, complete with a construction site toilet.
>
> My advice, San Diego is not for camping. Stay at a private home, park at a
> motel or go up to any of the excellent sites outside metro SD.
>
> Oh, yeh, for a quite friendly place that is an upgrade from the De Anza
> Resort, try the police station parking lot or the local hospital.
>
> Frank Grunthaner
>