This year I kind of skipped out on the 4th of July. I’d already gotten my firework fix back in may at EDC. Something I have been wanting to do more frequently is to go Car Camping. It is a halfway point between backpacking and full-on RV camping. I still prefer to camp in a tent or hammock but I love the convenience of having a car to carry heavier gear and a place to lock away valuables. As luck would have it the girlfriend’s schedule allowed for a full weekend off for the first time in a month or two. Being a holiday weekend we were not sure how lucky we would be at finding someplace what wasn’t already full. All the State Beach campgrounds I wanted were booked. So we made a plan to drive the Ortega Highway and test our luck with some of the First Come First Serve campgrounds. We found a few empty spots at the Bluejay Campground!
