Back at the Orange Grove

Saturday morning we bid farewell to our neighbors at ORI and started the trek north back to Oregon.  Our first overnight was at the Orange Grove RV Park....one of our absolute favorite overnight stops.  Not only is this one of the friendliest, best people watching parks arounds, but you are literally parked in the middle of an orange field (orchard)...whatever they are called.  This stop all of the oranges are gone, but all of the trees are in bloom and the scents are amazing....it is like being parked in a nursery.

We took our favorite back route up through Yucca Valley, turning west at Barstow and coming in on the 58.  As any RVer knows....there is always something that happens during these travels.  For us, we were dealing with an engine that was pushing the edge of overheating as the cooling fan is not kicking in when it should.  This of course made the Tehachapi pass more invigorating than we would like and put me into a mini-breakdown (nothing unusual).  Luckily I did some reading last night and if I can find the fan controller below that radiator and just unplug it that should put the fan on high for the remainder of the trip.  Of course these things happen on weekends always so you learn how to use your online resources.  We are going to leave the fan plugged in and give another try today as most of our route is flat, but at least have a potential temporary fix if it happens again.  Off today to Lodi (queue the song) to see friends that moved there from Portland.  Happy travels everyone!!