Burn-Out

It was definitely warm when we arrived in Bakersfield on Monday.  Our air conditioner got a good work-out.  We were thankful it cooled down a bit and by Tuesday morning the front that was passing through was already cooling those temperatures down more.

“come and get us”

A little after 12:00 I received a text message letting us know that friends, Linda and Ed, had arrived.  They were on the other side of the building and wanted us to come and get them.  They arrived earlier than we thought they would.  Their idea was to get through Tehachapi before the strongest winds were forecast to whip through there.  However, from the sounds of it they felt more than their share of side gusts.  The winds can get pretty bad through Tehachapi and it’s especially tough for an RV at times.

We were told that the lodge has had numerous bikes stolen off the back of RVs parked in the RV area.  Obviously, we didn’t like hearing that so we got out the chains and locks and secured our bikes and kayaks.  Then, it was off to the Golden Corral for dinner.  With all the rotten luck we’ve had recently with getting good service at restaurants, here we had great service.  That’s mainly because we were serving ourselves.  We also had great company to share a meal with.

With a few hugs, we said our goodbyes after dinner.  We love spending time with them and we know we’ll be seeing each other again in a few weeks but a little farther north.

Speed bumps to keep trucks from rolling at the rest area parking lot – hadn’t seen that before!

We didn’t sleep well that night worrying about  the bikes and kayaks even though they were locked so when daylight came we were ready to get back on the road.  We hate traveling on Hwy 99 so it was over to the I5 and straight north for about 200 miles. 

The wind beat us all the way.  Those 200 miles felt more like 400.  It seems on this trip the good travel days have not been often enough.   We’ve had almost two months of it and we’re really burned out.

Finally we reached our destination where we would be for a few days.  We were glad to get off the road and out of the wind.  There were no full hookup sites left or so we thought.  However, right after we got set up, the host pulled into our site and told us there was a cancellation on one and wanted to know if we wanted it.  Needless to say, it didn’t take us long to put our mark on that site!  We were there and set up in record time.   Then we did just about nuthin’ for the rest of the day. 

Our first RV site – nice and big

We have a great site now and with a perfect price --- $0. We’ll be here a few days and then a little farther north.

If you look in the middle and to the far left of the picture, you’ll see our new site with kayaks on the Jeep. 

If it warms up and the winds die down, maybe those kayaks will end up in the river … maybe.  The problem is that the weather forecast is not for warmer weather or for much calmer winds ...  burn-out!

‘Tis life on the road.

Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear or a fool from any direction.