Chula Vista

A lot of our traveling revolves around national parks.  We are still hoping to go to Bryce Canyon before it gets too cold this year but with the government shutdown, there was no point in heading that direction yet. 

So where to go next?  Hmmmmmm.

Then I remembered that San Diego has one of the best zoos in the world and that my favorite animal since I was a little girl is found there:  Koalas!

San Diego, here we come!  I checked out campgrounds in and around San Diego and we decided to stay at Chula Vista RV Resort.  It is a lot pricier than what we normally like to pay but we have found that anytime you are staying in or very near a big city, the campground rates are always much higher.

We did not leave El Segundo until around 10:30 because we wanted to minimize our changes of being caught in heavy Los Angeles traffic.  We drove I-405 south through Los Angeles.  Even though the traffic was heavy in places, it was moving right along.

I-405 ends up merging back into I-5 south.  We could see the coast and the ocean at various points between Los Angeles and San Diego.

The traffic picked up a little more as we entered San Diego but it still was not bad.

Chula Vista RV Resort is located a few miles south of San Diego and only about a mile from the interstate.  The park is very nice and the sites are all concrete pads that are surrounded by shrubs for privacy. 

We were assigned site #4 which should have been an easy site to back into.  We had to work around the pine tree on the back passenger side and the shrubs on the driver's to make sure the slide-outs could fully extend plus leave enough room to park the car out front so it took a little longer. 

Once we got it all situated, it was a very nice site that we will enjoy for a few days.