DESTINATIONS FOR 2009
29 destinations for 2009: San Elijo State Beach
29 destinations to visit in 2009
Where Times readers plan to travel in 2009
Place:San Elijo State Beach
Why it's hot in 2009: On a sun-splashed beach north of
But wireless Internet service is not the only comfort from home offered to campers at San Elijo State Beach, about 40 miles north of San Diego. This 171-site park is one of the state's most well-appointed camp sites, with real flush toilets, hot showers, pay telephones, laundry facilities and a camp store where visitors can buy groceries, firewood and ice.
Roughing it? Hardly.
As a generation of American's raised on iPods,
The scenario goes like this: Members of the pampered, digital generation will camp more next year to try to save on travel expenses to cope with the worsening economic crisis, but they will refuse to do without all of those conveniences from home. Thus the rise of "glamping" and the growing popularity of parks such as San Elijo State Beach. (You can see a list of state parks that offer wireless Internet at www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=23780.)
Information: (760) 753-5091, www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=662
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