Getaway Day in the Southland

Abbie, an English Lab, is dressed for the holiday while watching people go by on the bike path July 2 at Bolsa Chica State Beach. Kayliana Ratcliff, 12, of Canyon Hills looks out from the top bunk in her family trailer.

Brian Loebig, from left, Allison and Brian McCarthy, Sean McCarthy and Sebastian Loebig camp July 2 at Bolsa Chica State Beach in Huntington Beach.

Philip Alvarez of Rancho Cucamonga pulls a wagon July 2 with supplies for a weeklong stay in a cabin at Rancho Jurupa Park campground in Riverside. He and his wife, Martha, booked the cabin six months in advance.

Mayson Huerta, 4, left, and his cousin Sebastian Vela, 6, of Riverside stay cool at the water park inside Rancho Jurupa Park campground in Riverside.

U.S. flags frame the campground at Bolsa Chica State Beach in Huntington Beach.

A camper relaxes with a drink in a beach chair at sunset before the Fourth of July holiday at Bolsa Chica State Beach in Huntington Beach.