21Mar 2020 by Greg Jones
Visiting Channel Islands National Park — the JFA Guide

Visiting Channel Islands National Park — the JFA Guide

National Parks
Visiting Channel Islands National Park is a great one day experience. It's unique, rugged landscape is well worth a visit! Channel Islands National Park consists of a series of islands just off the coast of Santa Barbara and Ventura in Southern California. Visiting Channel Islands National Park Very cool dolphin experience! LocationOff the Coast of Ventura and Santa Barbara in Central CaliforniaHow Long for a Visit?1 day for a good experience. 2 days (or more) if you want to explore other islands.Worth a Visit?Yes — well worth a day if you are in the area.When We VisitedMarch 2020 We did the one day tour to Santa Cruz Island with the add-on Painted Cave tour. This was a really good overview of the Channel Islands with several very interesting experiences. If…
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20Mar 2020 by Greg Jones
Cachuma Lake RV Park

Cachuma Lake RV Park

RV Spots We've Stayed
Cachuma Lake RV Park is a county run RV Park located between Santa Barbara and Solvang in Central California. Cachuma Lake RV Park | ★★★☆☆ Good home base location for exploring the Santa Barbara region but a little pricey and in need of some maintenance. LocationSanta Barbara CountyTypeRV Park — PublicHookupsFull HookupsCost$$$$When We StayedMarch 2020To reserve or for more information, go to https://www.countyofsb.org/parks/cachuma-camping.sbc Our Review Cachuma Lake served as our home base for exploring Solvang, Santa Barbara, and Channel Islands National Park (via Ventura). It was a nice hub that was within an hour drive of everything we wanted to see and do. This definitely had an RV park feel. Spaces were stacked in together — not the closest spacing we've seen but not overly generous (probably about average). Amenities…
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20Mar 2020 by Greg Jones
43 Ranch | A Great Harvest Hosts Location in Central California

43 Ranch | A Great Harvest Hosts Location in Central California

RV Spots We've Stayed
43 Ranch is an olive mill and grove located along Highway 101 in the Salinas Valley of Central California. It is a Harvest Hosts location. 43 Ranch | ★★★★★ A beautiful location and great Harvest Hosts experience! Highly recommended! LocationSan Ardo, CATypeHarvest HostsHookupsNo HookupsCostFree (with Harvest Hosts Membership)When we StayedMarch 2020For more information about 43 Ranch, go to 43ranch.com/. For more information about Harvest Hosts, see our Harvest Hosts review at jonesingforadventure.com/harvesthosts/ Our Review We loved our stay at 43 Ranch! It was our first Harvest Hosts experience and it couldn't have been better. The hosts were very friendly and made the whole experience easy. We really enjoyed our tour of the olive press and bought several bottles of 43 Ranch olive oil — we were well over the recommended…
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