Guadalupe: Old West Town is Gateway to the Dunes

It was early evening the first time I stepped foot on the main drag in the little seaside farming town of Guadalupe. I was alone, female, hungry and very nervous.

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Hitting the Beach on the North Coast

We sought privacy, an escape from the crowds, peace in which to enjoy the crash of waves on rocky shores and sandy beaches. We found it all in the coves and beaches of northern San Luis Obispo County.

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Hidden Beaches of the Pismo Coast

Pismo Beach is best known for its long stretch of white sand where salt water "whooshes" sea foam up the gently sloping beach, then "whishes" back out to sea.

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Montana de Oro State Park is Wild

A red-tail hawk floats upon thermals high above Alan Peak, Oats Peak and Valencia Peak, then swoops toward grassland atop the white bluffs of Montana de Oro State Park.

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Warming Up to The 'New' Avila Beach

They're sneaking back, in ones and twos and threes, looking around and slowly warming up, like the sand after the sun comes out of the fog.

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Battles, Birth, Sex on the Beach

One of the North Coast's newest attractions is also one of its biggest. Literally.

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