In the afternoon of Friday April 12th, we moved south
(~45min) to Pismo Coast Village RV Park.
This is our 3rd time staying here and we love the location
and amenities. Pismo is a great little
town with a beautiful beach, pier, and shops.
Friday night we ate outside and then had our first real campfire with
reeses smores – yum! 
Saturday we visited our old stomping grounds. We spent most of the day at Cal Poly SLO
recalling memories, looking at new buildings, and explaining college to our
kids J. We were amazed by the huge new building they
are finishing up where most of the spider building was, as well as the luxury
health club they built to replace the old rec center., leisure pool, bbq pits,
sand volleyball and all. It was a
perfect day in SLO and we really wore the kids out. That afternoon we went for a nice walk on Pismo Peir. It was so nice to hear the ocean and enjoy the scenery. 
Sunday morning, after some delicious cinnamon rolls at Old
West in Pismo, we attended church at First Baptist SLO, where we attended most
of college and where we were married.
Pastor Tom (who married us) is still the senior pastor and spoke on
depression and suicide. It reminded us
how real FBC SLO is and how we miss it.
It is a very small church filled with people who love the Lord and don’t
rely on fancy things or eloquent words to get Gods message out – they rely on
Him to show up and teach us and love us.
It is definitely a place that will always have a special place in our
hearts.
After church we spent the afternoon at Pismo Beach enjoyin g
the waves and building/digging with the kids.
It got a little windy so we didn’t last too long but we had fun. We walked back to the camper and Reid and
Misty Zeller and their kids stopped by for dinner. They are on staff with CRU (aka Campus
Crusade for Christ) and it was fun to catch up with them and their
happenings. We enjoyed some burgers and
dogs, played at the park and just relaxed together. A very successful vacation day.
Monday Jasen resumed work and the kids and I got things back
in order around the “house”. Which means:
Blake and Kylie played at the park outside our window and Lily and I cleaned up
and prepared food. It was very windy so
we hung pretty low. When Jasen finished
up work we all went on a walk/kid bike ride around Pismo Beach State Park. I think we like this campground better but
they don’t have hook-ups so you need a generator - maybe next time. Beautiful area – wooded, spacious, green,
next to the beach and butterfly habitat.
Tuesday Jasen when and visited with a few clients in the
morning and the kids and I walked the campground and just played around. It was
very windy again so we didn’t venture too far.
Tuesday night we drove up to Templeton and went to the Wallace’s for
dinner. Jasen and I attempted to make
cream cheese pound cake to take with us and it was disastrous. First the recipe was kinds made up of several
we found online to suit the ingredients we had available in the camper, then we
tried to cook it but the pans didn’t fit in the oven and hit the top and burned
the bottom, then Blake was carrying one of the pans in from the truck and the
cake fell out on my foot, we put it back and gave him a second change and he
accidently dropped it upside down in the entryway by Trego’s feet when he
opened the door – we couldn’t help but laugh – at least there was ice cream. They made us a delicious dinner of tri-tip and
gnocchi and the kids had a great time playing.
Thanks Wallace’s! 
Wednesday Jasen went to a coffee shop in Pismo and the kids
and I walked from the campsite, thru town and met him there to say hi. A little later we all had lunch at Brad’s
fish and chips. We chose there over
Splash Café this time because they had a nice outside patio. We ended the night with more smores which
Blake and Kylie were very happy about.
Thursday, though it was a little chilly I took the kids swimming at the
campground. We had fun until their lips
turned blue then we cuddled in our towels, had a snack, and called it a
day. That night we met Charles and
Lauren at Mitchel Park in SLO. They are
good friends from college who have a little girl about Kylie’s age and a
darling new little boy. We grabbed
dinner with them at Farmers and hung out on the steps – fun evening with
friends and good food. We also picked up
some fresh produce for the week: strawberries, carrots, broccoli, oranges etc.
On the way home (yes it was late – already 8:30) we stopped by the train
station and the train was just coming in.
It stopped under the pedestrian bridge and we climbed up the bridge and
explored from above. Blake loved it and
Kylie was very enthralled as well. Choo
Choo. 
Friday already – our last day on the central coast. Jasen took most of the day off and we went to
Avila Beach. Us, 3 kids, 2 bags of sand
toys, 5 towels, stroller, diaper bag, lunch, drinks, etc. I’m sure it’s a site to see but we had a
great day teaching Blake to throw a frisbee, watching Kylie shriek at the sand
crabs, and teaching Lily not to eat the sand.
We also built a few castles for Lily to step on, jumped in the waves,
walked the pier, and relaxed (oh wait we didn’t do that – too much else going
on). Jasen did a quick Costco run (yes
they have one is SLO now) and we packed up, Jasen worked while kids napped and
we finished the day off by grilling some steak and packing up for our early
move the next day. Another wonderful
stay in Central California – it never disappoints. 
