Southward Bound

So much for keeping up on daily updates...best laid plans again.  Anyhow, we started our trek south on Tuesday (2/25) through southern Oregon, over Mt. Shasta, and landed in Red Bluff on Tuesday night at the Durango RV Resort.  We have stayed here before and love the convenience, large sites, and the local Italian restaurant across the street (Luigis).  We met a fun couple from Portland that are headed south as well on their way to San Diego.  We also realized that we would be at the same landing spot in Bakersfield Friday night, so agreed to catch up there.

Durango RV Resort

On Wednesday we then headed south again, traversing the death defying roadwork on Highway 99 to the town of Fresno.  Neither of us had been to Fresno so wanted to check out the area a bit more given that we had an extra day planned on our route south.  There are virtually no parks in the area, so we ended up at the one that was most centrally located in the city (Blackstone North RV Park).  Centrally located is certainly accurate, and the place was clean and fairly spacious for being in the middle of the city.  Having only heard negative things about Fresno, I was amazed at how friendly everyone one, how varied the sections of the city are, and how much pride residents have in their city.  We can now check that one off our list.

Blackstone North RV Park

After the most torrential downpour I think we have experienced in an RV (other than maybe one in Florence when camping with my brother), we were ready to head south again to Bakersfield for a night at our favorite park in the area (Orange Grove RV Park).  The forecast was for heavy rain showers and wind and the trip did not disappoint.  One section of Hwy 99 was actually flooded requiring us to SLOWLY work through the lane...we then made it 3 miles before the turnoff to HWY 58 east in Bakersfield and HWY 99 was closed requiring us to meander the city streets with our trusty phone apps in hand through yet another torrential downpour.

Torrential rains in Bakersfield

Orange Grove RV

The sun appearing again

Kasha taking in some sun/birds

Finally, we landed at the Orange Grove and are settled in for the night.  The torrential rains let up and Kasha was even able to enjoy some sunshine in her favorite place.  We met up with our fellow travelers from Portland, compared the sizes of our picked oranges along with inappropriate comments and then crashed after a long day on the road.  Saturday we be our final trek south to the Palm Springs area.  We will keep you updated!