We booked three nights in Bodega Bay without reading the fine print, and the fine print turned out to be the whole trip. Here is our actual receipt, the dog rules that matter, and the two food stops within half a mile.
We left the camp stove at home and cooked breakfast, lunch and dinner on a campsite fire ring grate for three days. Here is every meal we made, the four pieces of gear that covered all of it, and what I would change.
We set up a brand new air tent for the first time at a windy beach campground, in the dark, with three dogs watching. Here are the six mistakes we made and the fix for each one.
We did not plan a digital detox. We planned a beach trip, and then our phones turned into expensive flashlights the moment we arrived. So what is it like to camp with no cell service for three days? Here is the honest answer, including the one part that genuinely worried us.
We booked an oceanfront site at Jalama Beach for our three dogs and learned a few things the hard way, starting with the 14.5-mile drive in and the fact that nobody warns you about the cell service. Here is the honest guide, dog parent to dog parent.