Travels in a Tin Can

customers which parts of the campsite were for RVs and listed the nightly
rates for staying. It also provided envelopes to enable campers to pay for
their spot straight away. One advantage of this system is that you can look
around sites before deciding whether to stay or move on. So, we had a look
around. Driving around the individual plots we soon discovered that we would
not be the only people staying, which is a very good sign. However, the camp
was quite open, rather than having sheltered sites, something that we tried to
avoid when possible. Despite this the place seemed adequate for our needs -
in terms of hooking up the van on a level piece of ground at least - but we still
had to look at the restrooms.
Although our hotel room on wheels had nearly everything we needed -
including a toilet and shower of sorts - we did have to use 'facilities' for
washing and other grooming needs! Due to this we based eighty percent of
our campsite decisions on the condition of the washrooms - once we had
chosen a location and price range for the night's stay. Although we became
less picky as we became more 'travel worn' we still had standards – of a sort.
In essence these were: clean, locking toilet and shower doors, lighting. As
you can tell, we did not want much. When we entered the restrooms of Morro
Bay State Park Campground the decision to search for another campsite was
not hard. The toilets were dark, you had to put money in the showers to get
them to work, and there were signs that warned users about snakes and
mountain lions and told you what to do if 'The Siren' sounded. Okay, so the
campsite would have been cheap, but we risked getting mugged by lions for
our washroom money. Further justification for moving on was provided by