I'll second Rob. I've been to Plaskett Creek Campground and it's nice. The
jade beach is a small hike across the fields and there are stairs down to
the beach.

Big Sir has the River Inn. Been years since I have been there but they use
to have great breakfasts. There are many camping possibilities in BS.

Up in Carmel/Monterey area is the small town of Pacific Grove. Get into
downtown Pacific Grove and there are many great restaurants.

Up the coast between Santa Cruz and Half Moon Bay is San Gregorio. Lots of
great beaches. One of my favorite places on the coast. In Half Moon Bay
there are many good seafood places, right off Rt 1 and 35.

tim in san jose

>From: Rob <becidawa@HCTC.COM>
>Reply-To: Rob <becidawa@HCTC.COM>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: California Dreamin - Trip up/down coast, need advice
>Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 10:40:27 -0800
>
>At  11/4/2004 08:27 AM, Phil Walker wrote:
>>For the Thanksgiving holiday week we are thinking about driving up the
>>coast
>>of Cali (from south to San Fran).
>
>I used to go to (as I recall) Plaskett Creek campground, 65 miles south of
>Monterey. Just across the road was Jade Cove, down to the beach and we'd
>find jade in the gravel. Did some diving there for jade too.
>This was a long time ago....
>For just dumb things I liked to stop at Pismo Beach to see the giant pismo
>clam sculpture as I came into town.
>
>
>
>Rob
>becidawa@hctc.com

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