Malibu beach stretches for some 27 miles along an amazingly beautiful coastline. Pockets of sun drenched sandy beaches interspersed with rugged, ocean bashed rocks, all combine to create some of the best vista’s southern California has to offer.
Home to more Beach Boy’s style and 60’s era music than you can count, I think Malibu personifies the image most folks have when they are “California Dreaming”.
We stayed for a week perched over the Pacific Ocean where we had an incredible view of Pelicans, Sea Lions, dozens of Dolphins (two pictured above), even a couple of migrating whales.
We had a distant view of Los Angeles which you can see if you look closely at the picture above. We also had a view of Cher’s estate located about half a mile from where we were camped. Cher’s estate sits high on a bluff overlooking the Pacific just behind and above these homes on the beach in the picture above. We were going to ‘drop in’ and say ‘hi’ but the week just flew by… maybe next time.
We stayed at Malibu Beach RV Park and although pricey, it has without a doubt the best ocean views of any RV Park we have stayed in so far. The park sits up on a bluff; we were on the first level perhaps 100 feet above the ocean. Some of their sites are located even higher although further back from the ocean itself. We pulled the RV in so that our front window had a panoramic view of the ocean.
Mary Lynn and I spent hours sitting outside watching the ocean with its constantly changing light as well as a never ending procession of wildlife. Pelicans at this time of year are extremely plentiful, with large squadrons of them flying in formation. They use the winds uplifts created by the bluffs or flying just above the crest of the wave, again using the uplifts created by the waves themselves to glide almost effortlessly. In the evening, wave after wave would pass by only feet from our RV.
The kite surfers above were close by and fascinating to watch as they flew over incoming waves, sometimes letting the kite pull them completely into the air. Soaring above the ocean before splashing down looked like a lot of fun however try as I might, MLA declined my offer to rent a kite and board for the afternoon…
We attended Easter services at the church started by our son Christopher’s friends from ‘GUTS” church in Tulsa Oklahoma. Waveside Church uses an incredible facility located on the beach just south of the famous Zuma Beach.
Malibu is home to many of Hollywood’s elite for a reason. It really is a spectacular and special place. We were going to stay another week however the RV Park would not honor their discount for staying another week so we voted with our pocketbook and are leaving after only one week. An RV park this beautiful should be full nearly all the time. It still amazes me to see some businesses so poorly run. Oh well, I have better things to spend my time (and money) on these days.
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