March 28-Turning North for Home

We left the warm weather and Catalina Spa at 9:30 AM on the first leg of our route to Bakersfield, CA.  It was windy, uphill into the pass and the rain began. Gas mileage that day was barely 10 mpg. The rain didn't last and we saw the sun again though the temp was only in the 60s.  Had to put on my coat.  We passed the airplane boneyard in California City. Our reservation was at Orange Grove RV Park.  It was actually in an orange grove. We could pick oranges and the blossoms were fragrant.  The oranges were so sweet and juicy. Bakersfield is home to Buck Owens and Merle Haggard  so there are streets and buildings named for them.

Oranges we picked on our morning walk.

Orange Grove RV tree pruning.

Several miles from the RV Park, we began to
see signs for the Cal Fruit Depot, much like South Dakota and the Wall Drug signs. We walked from our campsite to check it out. It was nice but less than we expected after all the signage hype.

We hadn't seen any rain for weeks.

The clouds were blowing in from the Pacific as
we headed west, but they couldn't make it over the mountains.  Excellent spot for the 3200 wind mills.

Cloud formations sitting on the mountains.