Thanks, Jim -- info straight from someone close by.

I've eyeballed the state beaches up there, but they are so like parking
lots that I've never wanted to camp in one.

I heard-tell once that while overnighting at the harbor is not allowed,
it's often benignly overlooked. Anyone have any first-hand experience with
that?

--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
KG6RCR

On 10/29/2007 8:32 AM Old Volks Home wrote:

> Santa Barbara has perhaps the strictest overnight parking restrictions
> regarding "camping" type vehicles (ie: you'll get ticketed, rousted,
> etc.,) in the Southern California area and has been a volatile situation
> now for the past several years among the growing homeless population.
> Many of the "Motorhome Bum" and "Motorhome Homeless" have taken to
> spreading out to the surrounding areas and even to as far south as
> Ventura where I live in my 84 Westfalia.
>
> I have a friend who parks her Westy inside the VW repair shop where she
> works so she can't get rousted by the local gendarmes.
> --
> Jim Thompson
> 84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
> 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
> 73 K Ghia Coupe "Denise"
> 72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
> oldvolkshome@gmail.com <mailto:oldvolkshome@gmail.com>
> http://www.oldvolkshome.com
> ***********************************
> On 10/29/07, *Michael Elliott* <camping.elliott@gmail.com
> <mailto:camping.elliott@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Mrs Squirrel and I are talking about taking our bicycles to Santa
>     Barbara
>     (CA) this coming weekend for a mini-holiday. Her sister has a house
>     there
>     and is out of town. Plan A is to take our bikes on the Amtrak and
>     stay at
>     her sister's house. Plan B is to drive up in our Westy (about a four
>     hour
>     drive) and camp someplace pretty. Though I was born in Santa Barbara
>     and
>     have visited many many times, I have no idea what the (legal) camping
>     options are near downtown. Anyone have a suggestion?
>
>     --
>     Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>     71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
>     84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>     74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
>     KG6RCR
>