Open House Questions!

OsakaDad
Sun, 01 Apr 2012 11:55:37 +0000

We were late booking a hotel for the Open House last year and we stayed in the Arroyo and Pismo Beach area instead at a Best Western. It was great and inexpensive. If you can not get a hotel room don’t be too worried about it. You could stay as far away as Santa Maria or Paso Robles and still have a great time in SLO. It just comes down to if you are willing to drive for a bit. Pismo Beach was a 15 minute drive. We are from Los Angeles and it takes 30 minutes just to get to the supermarket. So were were not put out one iota by not staying in SLO where hotels are limited.

You really do want to be there for Thursday night for the Farmer’s market. It is not required, but it is really fun and a great intro to this lovely college town. Bring lots of quarters for the parking meters in the city of SLO or use the public parking structures which are cheap. Do not worry about parking on campus for the Open House. We parked in the open lot near the Agricultural area. Do not come in at the main entrance off the 101! You will get stuck at the main gate and this will take time. Going North on the 101 get off at Santa Rosa (ie. Highway 1 to Morro and the Hearst Castle). Make a right on Highland, left on Mount Bishop and another left into Parking Lot H1. It is a walk to the main campus. But you avoid traffic and they have shuttle buses that will take you back and forth.

Here is a campus map: Maps - Facilities Management & Development - Cal Poly;