Malibu RV Park

We were in LA to pick up the computer and spend some time visiting with Paul, Mariko and Mele. The drive from Leo Carillo into West Hollywood took one hour in light traffic, which was more than we cared to endure. It was quite a culture shock being in the city again, with people and buildings everywhere. And in the cities, RV parks are far and few between, so Leo Carillo seemed to be our only choice. The problem was that Paul had tickets to a Dodgers’ game, and we would arrive back at the campground after they had locked the park gates. As we drove down the coast into the city, we saw a park built into the hillside overlooking the sea, Malibu RV Park. It’s just mile from Pepperdine University. Being a private RV park, the daily rate was higher that what we were used to, but there was a nice view, complete facilities, and no closed gate after hours. We were assigned a “mountain view” site up the winding road on the hill, but because none of the “ocean view” sites across the road from us were occupied, we had a great view of the Pacific.
This was the “fanciest” park we had stayed at for a long time. There was a small pool, computer room, game room, playground and a big, clean bath house for long, hot showers. Howard especially liked doing the laundry while looking out at the ocean. We stayed at this park from Thursday to Sunday, and didn’t use any of the facilities except for the showers and laundry. Howard did a run down the highway, but only once, due to the big hill he had to run up at the end!
We had lunch one day at a fish and chips place just down the road from the park. Did some shopping at the supermarket near Pepperdine, and snacks and beer at the Dodger game. We tried to keep the expenditures down due to spending more on the campsite. That was pretty hard to do given that the price of gas averaged $2.30 per gallon!