Headed that way in Aug and I was looking for a place to overnight on I-8. On Taco Tour 1, Mike and I stopped in a rest area but woke up by a giant sand dune that we didn't see in the dark. Luckily there was no wind. I could just park somewhere along the interstate I guess, but I am hesitant to carry any firearms into the Peoples Republic of California and last time I was thru there, every other vehicle on the road was a Border Patrol truck.