Bakersfield North Vagabond Inn

... mich leid** nur wied**holen - die Landschaft ist unglaublich!<br><br>Mittl**weile sind wir in uns**** Unt**kunft für heute Nacht angekommen - ein Motel 6, was sonst. Die sind echt zu empfehlen, saub** und günstig! Morgen gehts weit** nach Las Vegas und das wahrscheinlich sogar mit frisch gewaschen** Wäsche für Sewy. Hi** haben wir nämlich Waschmaschine und Trockn** direkt vor d** Haustür! Das heißt morgen müssen wir zeitig aufstehen - darum gute Nacht!<br><br>

... in Merced to gas up at Costco where the weather was absolutely gorgeous. Warm sunshine with a cool breeze--idyllic really.<br><br>We made it to the Bakersfield Hampton Inn and went for a swim before dinner, then brought in pizza and watched one of our Inspector Lewis DVDs. Nice day.<br><br><br>Title Language: English

... we are now four days away from hitting the road. Ending destination is Mount Rushmore, SD. <br><br> Yes, there is a little unrest inside of us. Will we really make it that far? Will we survive as a family? Flashbacks of comedy movies such as "RV" come to our minds in the wee hours of the night giving us chills.<br><br>We will keep you updated as we go or change our minds before leaving.

After driving all morning we arrived back home this afternoon. Got to talk to the neighbors about the local happenings. The lawn is looking sad, overgrown and brown, I'm sure our local watchdog is not very happy with us. Oh well I clean up next week. For now I&#8217;ve got to finish up the work I brought home and we leave for Santa Barbara tomorrow for a couple of days.

Last night Nate let me know that we will only have a guide for 1 day, in Xinxiang, otherwise I am the guide. He will get me names of hotels in Chinese and places to go, but it is up to me to get my brother and I around. This makes me just a little nervous. I've been on my own in China but to places I know how to get to. I really want my brother to have a good trip ...

... away in 2006 but his son Buddy Allan Owen still carries on the family tradition and was playing with the "Buckaroos" at the Palace. One of the band members was part of the original Buckaroos from 39 years ago! Anyways, Jim had Bucks favorite - the "chicken fried steak" and I had BBQ ribs. It was an excellent meal and the show was well worth the $5.00 cover charge. Jim said that his life is now complete because he's seen Johnny Cash, Dwight Yokum and although he didn't see Buck ...

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... and not an American one! On our last night we headed out to the Bakersfield Zoo - but not to see animals. At Xmas time it is decorated with thousands of lights and they also have a train ride and a ferris wheel - very Xmassy and great fun, especially with the biggest bag of popcorn I have ever seen (enough for seven people and some..) When you are away travelling for two and a half years you ...

... put it on. I reported this to the front desk in the morning that we didn't think our air conditioning was working, to be told that's because they didn't turn it on at this time of year and instead they turned their heating on. This is a admirable policy if the hotel was located in England, but through the night, the temperature barely fell below sixty degrees (I also bitterly noticed that the air conditioning ...

... for that, so I made do with watching others play feeling quite smug that I understood how the betting worked! After Vegas it was time for a good long drive that took us over the Hoover Dam (huge and amazing but really bloody hot - must have been about 50 degs) then across the Nevada/Arizona border on the way to the Grand Canyon via an original section of the famous Route 66. We stayed in a town called Williams which is on the original route and still full of all ...