Emma Wood State Beach

    Have you ever dreamed of the perfect beach setting with your RV? The trailer backed in towards the ocean. The clean ocean breeze blowing in your face. A few seagulls making some noise. An occasional dolphin sighting. The freedom of grabbing your fishing pole and walking less then 30 seconds to a place you can cast out your line. WAKE UP! You can find this at Emma Wood State Beach.

    Just on the Northern outskirts of the city of Ventura, there lies a coastal park named Emma Wood State Beach. The park is actually the old 101 freeway from many years ago. You park on sites that are connected to this main path with the back of your RV towards the water. There are no hook ups at all so bring plenty of fresh water.

    The nights are as good as the days. There is usually a fire pit made of rocks left from the previous camper. If there is no fire pit, you can easily make one with the rocks. The camp host sells firewood if you do not want to bring any. I have spent hours in a chair in front of the fire with the waves crashing just 50 feet away. The sunset is amazing. If you wake up early enough, you can get back in your chair and watch the surfers until breakfast is ready. If you have a surf board, you can catch a few waves. This park gives you the million dollar view for less then $25.00 a night.

    The park is reservation-only during the summer days. They release the sites on a first-come-first-serve basis in the middle of September. Try to get one of the sites numbered 1-8 as they have very easy beach access. They fill up fast. The best thing to do is come in the middle of the week if you want to be there for the week end. All of the prime sites are taken by Thursday night.

    This park has given my family some great experiences. If you like to fall asleep to crashing waves, this is the place to go. The waves are so close that I actually wake up in the middle of the night because they can get loud. There is a train that comes though once or twice a night so that can be noisy for a minute at a time.

    I am looking forward to spending as much time as possible at Emma Wood State Beach. Please feel free to post any comments or questions that you may have.