In this episode, we prepare and trek from San Diego’s city lights to the starry skies in the Southern California high desert, but not without a few mishaps. See what mess we get ourselves into when visiting the Pinnacles!

Where We Stayed⛺🗺️📌

San Diego Metro KOA Resort (Chula Vista, CA)

This is a great RV campground if you’re planning on heading into downtown San Diego. Public transportation is nearby and you can be there in about 30 minutes or so. As expected, it’s a family-friendly resort, the sites were reasonable in size, the pool and hot tubs were quite nice as well. And expect to pay prices since you’re close to a big city.

Oceanside RV Resort (Oceanside, CA) – Thousand Trails

Another recently remodeled RV resort (some things still in-progress). Smaller size sites, but they do have fences separating which helps. We stayed on the side near the storm drain, which was kind of nice – lots of birds and ducks to watch.

They do have a nice pool, and you can get Amazon packages very quickly here (why we came). But be aware that there is a busy train line right next to the resort. Get some ear plugs or a white noise generator and you should be fine.

You’re like 2 blocks from the Ocean AND you can take public transportation easily into San Diego.  You can also use the gO’side shuttle program within town – just $3 for a trip (within a certain range).  Download the “Ride Circuit” app on your phone.  It works like Uber but a ton cheaper. 

Trona Pinnacles (Trona, CA)

As we mention in the video, there’s about a 6 mile washboard-ey, rutted road out to the Pinnacles. That wasn’t bad but be aware you’re not going to be traveling very fast. Once out at the Pinnacles, you have a lot of options for camping, but a lot may take you up and down some pretty steep roads.

We had a bit more challenge since our rig is pretty tall, so variations in side-to-side movement can get pretty sketchy. Taking it slow and looking before driving helps a lot.

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Our Camping Locations

If you’re interested in seeing all the places (overnight, dining, sightseeing) as well as FREE boondocking locations we’ve been to, check out our Google Maps travel map! Enjoy!