Osos Flaco Lake Road

We love to take the kids fishing here now that they are older. When they were smaller we used to load them up with toys in their tonka trucks and let them run for a mile or two. This area is a remote beach that has a mile long board walk which then leads to a sand trail with beautiful wild life. Of course the trail saves the best for last and dumps you right out to the ocean. This is the remote beach that they filmed Pirates of the Caribbean 2 & 3. It is located off the Pacific Coast Highway(1) and is just past the town Guadalupe.

Bitter Creek Railroad

Here is one of our favorite places to take the kids. This is a great place to go and usually is free unless they are doing a fundraiser. You can view the website at http://www.bittercreekwesternrr.org/ here you can find the schedule of when the train runs. The railroad is located on the Mesa in Arroyo Grande. It just so happens it is down the street from Grandma's house so we get to go frequently. It is about a 10 or 15 min train ride. You also can ride it over and over again. We like to pack lunches and spend the day there. There are picnic tables and bathrooms so that makes it nice for us parents:).