Campfire

The campground at Manresa State Beach, just north of Watsonville, has a nice feature that the parking lot is really far from the campsites. No RV parking at all. There is a lower lot near the campsites, but parking is restricted to 20 minutes there. If you're on your bike, though, you can just ride right up to your site.

New Brighton, just a little bit up the road, has a different nice feature. They have walk-in campsites set aside for hikers and bikers, so if you're riding down the coast and need a place to stay, you can stop in without a reservation.

The route from Manresa back to San Jose is through Corralitos and over Eureka Canyon, which turns into Highland at the top and is currently closed to automobile traffic.