Photos:: Weekend getaways | Dockweiler Beach State Park
Charleigh Hopson, 8 months, sits on a picnic table with her uncle Cody Church, off camera, where 30 members of their family camp at Dockweiler State Beach in Playa del Rey -- a beginning-of-summer tradition the last 10 years among the relatives.
(Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)Camper trailers fill out the campground at Dockweiler State Beach in Playa Del Rey.
(Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)Tyler Church, left, and his family from Riverside camp out at Dockweiler State Beach in Playa del Rey.
(Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)Camper trailers fill out the campground at Dockweiler State Beach in Playa del Rey.
(Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)A beachgoer walks along the bike path near an umbrella that the Leyva family uses while camping at Dockweiler State Beach.
(Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)Joe Leyva, 65, and his granddaughter Leia Leyva, 9, stand at their campsite, which flies the American flag at Dockweiler State Beach in Playa del Rey. Even though he has a camper trailer, Joe enjoys sleeping in a tent, background, on the beach. “I’ve been coming here all my life,” Joe said while camping with three generations of his family.
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