My thanksgiving pics......

[riverbound]

We spent T-day in Pismo for the first time this year. Here are a few pics I took throughout the weekend.
The boys and I on the beach
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Lunch at the Old Port Inn in Avila bay (not a bad view)
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The boys like eating here, because they get to see the seals
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They were afraid to get any closer to the Pelican
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Back at the house
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[RitcheyRch]

I'm hoping to go to Pismo in the next few weeks. Do you have a house there or did you rent one?

[riverbound]

I'm hoping to go to Pismo in the next few weeks. Do you have a house there or did you rent one?
We have a house up here. There looks to be quite a few vacation rentals available now (I noticed a lot of signs out this week)

[AZJD]

WOW, Avila beach! That brings back memories! How is that place? Heard that they had a bad oil leak.

[Devil's Advocate]

Nice pics, cute little kiddies. :)

[riverbound]

WOW, Avila beach! That brings back memories! How is that place? Heard that they had a bad oil leak.
Years ago they did. and thought it would never clean up. but now if you go down there, you would never know. its actually one of the most expensive places in this area now.

[RitcheyRch]

Very cool. We looking at renting one of those trailers that they take out to the beach and they want over $200 a night for one of those and can rent a house for $300 a night from a few websites.
Do you know anyone renting houses out there? If so, can you ride your motorcycles and quads from the house?
We have a house up here. There looks to be quite a few vacation rentals available now (I noticed a lot of signs out this week)

[AZJD]

Thats good to hear. That place was cool. I used to live in SLO and we would cut over the pass to get there.........good ole days!

[riverbound]

Very cool. We looking at renting one of those trailers that they take out to the beach and they want over $200 a night for one of those and can rent a house for $300 a night from a few websites.
Do you know anyone renting houses out there? If so, can you ride your motorcycles and quads from the house?
The trailer is probably the way to go if you plan on riding. You cant ride from the house to the dunes. once you get on the beach, its about 4 miles before you can ride a OHV. We used to load the toys up on the trailer and then tow them out there to the OHV area.
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[RitcheyRch]

Thats what I remember but was thinking they might have changed the rules.
The trailer is probably the way to go if you plan on riding. You cant ride from the house to the dunes. once you get on the beach, its about 4 miles before you can ride a OHV. We used to load the toys up on the trailer and then tow them out there to the OHV area.
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[GHT]

Nice pics..... Thanks for sharing..

[BajaMike]

Great pics.....cute kids....are they adapted????... :idea:
Just kidding....good looking family, it looks like fun up there.
:boxed:

[GreenEyeKitty]

I was just there at our house in Shell Beach. We went up there on Wednesday and just came home today.

[riverbound]

Great pics.....cute kids....are they adapted????... :idea:
Just kidding....good looking family, it looks like fun up there.
:boxed:
Haha...they definitely dont get their looks from me. ;)

[riverbound]

I was just there at our house in Shell Beach. We went up there on Wednesday and just came home today.
I decided to stay up an extra day and come home tomorrow.
<----didnt want to deal with the traffic.

[GreenEyeKitty]

Traffic wasnt bad on Wednesday nite. Left the Rancho area at 830 n pulled into the driveway at 1145. We actually left on Saturday nite but didnt roll into home until 1215 this morning. We were in Avila on Friday at FatCats Cafe and went into Pismo for a slurpee at 711 and said hi to my friends who were at the RV park.

[HatenWinter]

Great pics. We used to live in Shell Beach, we were at the end of Boeker down from Alex BBQ. Best time of my life! Had to move when I got a new job though, I wish we were still there!

[riverbound]

Traffic wasnt bad on Wednesday nite. Left the Rancho area at 830 n pulled into the driveway at 1145. We actually left on Saturday nite but didnt roll into home until 1215 this morning. We were in Avila on Friday at FatCats Cafe and went into Pismo for a slurpee at 711 and said hi to my friends who were at the RV park.
That isnt too bad, trsffic must not have been bad at those times.
Just looked at the window and its raining, still quite a few people out on the dunes.

[riverbound]

Great pics. We used to live in Shell Beach, we were at the end of Boeker down from Alex BBQ. Best time of my life! Had to move when I got a new job though, I wish we were still there!
If it wasnt for my kids living in Corona I would have moved up here already, I just cant be too far away from them. We are just north from the pier, My parents had an apartment in Shell beach that they rented whil looking for this place (took almost 2 years of every other weekend looking at property)

[riverbound]

what's that "blue" thing on the front of the trailer ????? that looks fun !!! :rolleyes:
that is SBARK1's Rhino ;)

[GreenEyeKitty]

Our house is at the end of Wawona. It faces the ocean and the windmill house is across the street. I would move there in a heartbeat if SLO county ever was hiring. The house and the house next door have been in the family for over 30 years.
I love the rain up there.. Is there some fog in the air? If I can find some pics of our house I will post them.

[GreenEyeKitty]

Ive never uploaded a pic before so I hope this works.....

[riverbound]

cool, you should probably start a thread on that rhino thing ..... that would be neat :rolleyes: :cool: (was pismo a zoo?)
LOL...Yah, I dont think there are enough threads about them.
The dunes were Nuts...they actually started turning campers away. I have never seen so many people out there. from our house, the dunes looked like a city at night. I just looked out the window and there are still some campers out there. they are going to have fun getting out of there, the rain is starting to come down pretty hard now.

[riverbound]

Ive never uploaded a pic before so I hope this works.....
Nice house.

[HatenWinter]

Our house is at the end of Wawona. It faces the ocean and the windmill house is across the street. I would move there in a heartbeat if SLO county ever was hiring. The house and the house next door have been in the family for over 30 years.
I love the rain up there.. Is there some fog in the air? If I can find some pics of our house I will post them.
I know that place, it's beautiful! I used to work for central coast kayaks for about a year while I was up there and we'd launch the kayaks right down from there at the stairs.

[HatenWinter]

If it wasnt for my kids living in Corona I would have moved up here already, I just cant be too far away from them. We are just north from the pier, My parents had an apartment in Shell beach that they rented whil looking for this place (took almost 2 years of every other weekend looking at property)
I can see the pier in back ground, great place, I know the area well. I used to work for Pismo Beach Fire but then got hired down here so we had to move. Just couldn't do a 2 hour commute.

[riverbound]

Our house is at the end of Wawona. It faces the ocean and the windmill house is across the street. I would move there in a heartbeat if SLO county ever was hiring. The house and the house next door have been in the family for over 30 years.
I love the rain up there.. Is there some fog in the air? If I can find some pics of our house I will post them.
We are at the end of Wilmar.
View off the back deck (the tree has since been removed)
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View from the front
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[HatenWinter]

Those pics are bringing back some memories! We used to park the fire engine right across the street from your house and run those stairs every shift for our exercise. Ahhh the good old days :)

[GreenEyeKitty]

Here is a view from our front yard and decks. Our backyard deck faces the neighbors but we spend our time in the front. I cant seem to find my other pics because Im queen of the delete key.

[GreenEyeKitty]

Nice house and great view. I bet your boys love it there. My son does when we go down to the beach across from our house. Did you see the dolphins on Thanksgiving Day? We saw 4 of them swimming south. I tried to get pics but no such luck.

[riverbound]

Those pics are bringing back some memories! We used to park the fire engine right across the street from your house and run those stairs every shift for our exercise. Ahhh the good old days :)
funny thing is, they park in front of the house all the time and let the boys play with the Fire truck. Those stairs are brutal, 113 steps total and we usually surf twice a day. so we go up and down those carrying our boards...definitely a workout.

[riverbound]

Nice house and great view. I bet your boys love it there. My son does when we go down to the beach across from our house. Did you see the dolphins on Thanksgiving Day? We saw 4 of them swimming south. I tried to get pics but no such luck.
Nice view... I didnt get up here until later Thursday night. the boys had Thanksgiving with their mom, so no I didnt see The dolphins.

[riverbound]

WOW, Avila beach! That brings back memories! How is that place? Heard that they had a bad oil leak.
Here are a couple pics I took today.... I would say they cleaned it up pretty good.
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[riverbound]

i swear we've (my family) have eatin at that same feakin table ..... the tables all have glass so you could see the water ????? i love that place, :idea: and those sea lions are pissed off mo fo's .... :argue: :skull:
Yah, its the old port inn. Its at the end of the pier. We eat there everytime we come up, the boys like to go see the seals and looking through the glass tables. We have gotten to know the owner pretty well, and its a 3rd generation family owned business, all the kids work their busiing tables, bartending etc.....

[atomickitn]

looks like a great time , hope to see you soon bill , man that place used to be real fun pismo has changed sooo much , well talk to ya later be safe driving home :)

[riverbound]

looks like a great time , hope to see you soon bill , man that place used to be real fun pismo has changed sooo much , well talk to ya later be safe driving home :)
You guys gonna be out for th elight parade?? A group of us will be heading up from Parker to attend.

[GreenEyeKitty]

Great pics of your boys and the pier. Drive safely home and hope there isnt much traffic.

[full throttle]

You ever drop your boat in there? What's the housing market like there?

[framer1]

You ever drop your boat in there? What's the housing market like there?
The boating at Avila is nice. The real estate is expensive....we are having are little slow down too. I've framed least 50 homes in Avila in the last ten years used to be pretty reasonable but not anymore. Lot of multi use, commercial on botton and apartments on top going in.

[riverbound]

You ever drop your boat in there? What's the housing market like there?
No....Im too much of a sissy to put my boat in salt.