SLO, CA Gathering at Montana de Oro SP Sept. 13-15, 2007

[sunny16]

If there is still room, put me down for a spot. (Or on the reserve list.) I would like to go but will know better in a couple of weeks whether it's doable or not. Looks like a great area and it would be fun to meet all of you.

Sunny16+1

[Esteban]

Welcome sunny16. You get the last available space.

[Esteban]

If you stay an additional day on Sunday night there's a fun concert coming up in Los Osos you can go to. Maria Muldaur will be singing Sunday Sept. 16t. at the Red Barn concert. It's a low key concert series mostly attended by locals...open to anyone who comes.

Maria Muldaur's web site

You can listen to music samples of Maria's songs here: Maria Muldaur's Music Oasis
Send Your Camel To Bed And Listen To Selections From Maria's CDs
Midnight at the Oasis - song sample of an old favorite
Handy Man - song sample from her newest CD A line "he greases my griddle" from within the song seems like it could be a theme song for our collective cast iron addiction.

The concert is held inside an old red barn at a county park in nearby Los Osos that holds maybe 100-125 people. This is about as close to having Maria sing at a house concert in your living room as you can get. It's a deal...only a $10 donation. A pot luck begins at 6PM and the music starts at 7PM. To get a seat it's wise to come early for the pot luck. Otherwise it can be standing room only.

Red Barn Concerts

[Gage]

So tell me Steve. In the beginning, did you think you would have this big of a responce?

[Esteban]

Gage, in the beginning I'd have been overjoyed to get a dozen people/trailers to come. Now we're full with 35 RSVPs. People are coming form all over California. A few folks are coming from other states, too. A lot of good people are coming with a beautiful variety of trailers.
Fun things, we didn't plan or imagine, are happening at the gathering like the Saturday morning Waffle Off when we'll get to enjoy waffles cooked in old cast iron for breakfast!

[Ken Fincher]

Hello to everyone I have been trying to reply to you folks for a few days but my new laptop needs help, well I am a new proud builder & owner of a new TD I have already put a good 3000+ miles on it in the past 2 months its been realy enjoyable and quit a conversation piece which I am sure that you TD owners know how that go's .
I know it is not looking to good for an available spot but It would be a sure
thing for me & my better half to show up.
P.S. I will try to figure out how to post a pic of TD [/img][/u]

[Ken Fincher]

[dhazard]

I am willing to double up if we can come up with a good place for the tow vehicles.

[Ken Fincher]

That sounds good I just hope the vehicle sittuation works out not just for my sake, I am sure thier will be more teardropers whom will like to attend or that will just show up as I plan to do if I cannot get a sure spot I will find something somewhere.
I do plan to be in the area a day early if my better half can get away from work earlier.(Possably obtian one of the few remaining non reservable camp spots ?)
PS I was able to put a couple of pics in my album will add more after lunch

[Esteban]

There really isn't much more, if any, room to camp at Montana de Oro State Park. We have 35 of the spaces "on hold" out of a total of 46 spaces in the entire campground. The rest of the spaces, only 11 of them, are for anybody from the public on a first come first served basis. They'll probably be filled fast. My suggestion for additional people who want to participate in the SLO Gathering is to make a reservation at nearby Morro Bay State Park (9 miles away) to be sure you have a place to camp. Also MBSP has hot showers. There's plenty of free day use parking in Montana de Oro SP for you to come visit.

[Ken Fincher]

Please put me on your list incase someone withdrawls . We will play it by ear. Is anyone going to go anywere else after SLO gathering ?
We will have a few extra days & we plan on possibly going to Balch Park after gathering

[Gage]

We will have a few extra days & we plan on possibly going to Balch Park after gathering

Boy I didn't think anyone camped on the Western side of the Southern Sierra's except for us locals.

[Ken Fincher]

We camped there last summer, it was a very nice place long as ya do not mind the bears this is a place I do not mind going out of our way to return to. We also like camping at Twin Lakes above Mammoth real nice & cool seen bears the last 3 times we stayed there.
there are a few pics of twin lks in my pics. I hope we get to see ya at the SLO gathering. Hopefully we can get a spot.

[emiller]

As I remember right Monanta De Oro State Park is a nice place to bike ride also. I'll have to try the hiking also.

[Esteban]

Montana do Oro has many miles of mountain biking, hiking, and horse riding trails in the back hills. The Bluff Trail overlooking about a mile of the ocean in is a favorite easy walk/hike. If you want to do a long beach walk you can hike about 10 miles round trip along the nearly deserted Morro Strand beach to the Morro Bay breakwater and back.

There is a newly opened hiking trail on PG&E land just to the south. I posted pictures and a video link of the Point Buchon Trail, one page back, on page 9 of this thread. It's a trail along the shoreline with beautiful rock formations out in the water.

The old ranch house above Spooner's Cove has a small museum where you can get trail guides.