Friday, November 14, 2014

Bakersfield, CA

We had a great night in the Stockton Walmart last night. They have a huge parking lot so we drove over to the far corner where it looked quiet. We slept right through until the sun (!) poured through the back window and into our faces at just before 7:00 AM.

We hit the road and stopped at a Denny's for breakfast, After that it was the long, boring drive down I-5 to Bakersfield, CA where we stopped for two nights in the Orange Grove RV Park which really has orange trees and customers are encouraged to pick the plentiful oranges. However, not right now as they are not yet ripe. Oh well, we found a roadside stand where a Mexican family was selling fruit and flowers. Their oranges are perfect!

We quickly set up the StarChoice and are starting to relax after six days on the road. Hey! That would make a good title for a song!

It is warming up as we move south. I will have to start studying the weather forecasts for the Palm Springs area as the Fountain Of Youth RV Park has a sale on right now at $295 per month. This is less than $10 per day and they have great hot pools. I shall investigate!

10 comments:

  1. Thanks for the update on the Orange Grove RV Park oranges. They should be just about perfect to pick when we roll in their around Dec. 21st. We're already looking forward to our stop there.

    Enjoy your stopover in Bakersfield.

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  2. Good that your trip is back on track! Love it when we pull into a HUGE parking lot with lots of choice for an overnight spot. Fountain of Youth sounds like a good choice - you can go visit the Slabs! What a deal - cheaper than Mexico at that rate!

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  3. You are close to your destination. Too bad the oranges aren't ripe yet. Orange Grove RV is a wonderful place to hang out for a couple of nights.

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  4. Moving right along, enjoy the nice weather, we are looking forward to it as well.

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  5. My kind of park. They have monthly no-hookup sites. Not common. Looking forward to what you find out.

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  6. Have to admit that we did pick an orange or two a couple of nights ago and they were perfect!

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  7. Interested in knowing if the special is for the no hook up sites? We are currently East of Vegas, boondocking it at Lake Mead and experiencing a very strong north wind. So strong last nite tore the slide out awning. It really rocked the RV, at times felt it was going to be blown over. *smile*

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    1. I think it is for their full hookup sites, Peter. It is however for first time guests and we stayed there many years ago for a few days. Will they remember?

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  8. Don't get too young at Fountain of Youth! Sounds like quite a place though.

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    1. Just a week, Don. I will loose a couple of years at most. ;)

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