Sleep Inn And Suites Bakersfield

... Tree hat einen Durchmess** von 12m, da könnte man fast drinnen wohnen.

Nachdem wir den Riesenbaum hint** uns gelassen hatten, sind wir auf uns**em weit**en Weg am Morro Rock Aussichtpunkt vorbei gekommen. Das ist glaube ich ein** d** höchsten Punkte in d** S**ria Nevada. Wir haben den steilen, zum Teil echt beängstigenden hohen Aufstieg natürlich in Kauf genommen (ich in meinen neuen Sandalen-das war heute ein Griff daneben) und die Aussicht, die ...

... in Merced to gas up at Costco where the weather was absolutely gorgeous. Warm sunshine with a cool breeze--idyllic really.

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.


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... we are now four days away from hitting the road. Ending destination is Mount Rushmore, SD.

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.

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’ve got to finish up the work I brought home and we leave for Santa Barbara tomorrow for a couple of days.

Yesterday I went and picked up our visas from the Chinese Consulate. This was quite an adventure and I wanted to blog about it but fell asleep with the computer on my lap last night. My friend Charlene Worth had called earlier and had questions about obtaining a visa for her son. In the end I offered to turn the applications in for her son and his 2 friends. She brought everything over in time for me to leave. I left early in the morning hoping to beat the afternoon crowds ...

... warning area and when it starts, the dust plugs engines, creeps into houses and kills cattle. Then, during Dec, Jan & Feb, the entire valley is covered in 30 ft of FOG. To top it off, it gets to 115 degrees in the summer and some wonder if Bakersfield was named after the condition. The entire area is flatter than Saskatchewan and the streets of Bakersfield are huge - about 80 ft wide making it feel like you're driving on a runway. The air is hazy with visibility ...

... to get to the other side (Good thing all we got is time). First stop Bakersfield, CA. At first glance there is not much to see here, but we stopped at BJ's 5 Star Pizza. Very skeptical looking outside, but quite surprising once we got our food. We then headed off to the E-Z8 Motel, another piece just like the others......good talk see you out there. Chris and Kara

... hotel however, our car was the only one there. We don't know whether it was something to do with it being Easter weekend but the place was totally deserted. We couldn't find anywhere to eat that night - everything was shut. We finally found a Chinese and had a very average meal. We ordered Chinese tea and got a Chinese teapot with hot water and a tetley teabag in it! Nevermind, we had a very quiet nights sleep. We'll have to take on the country music scene another time!

After a long drive yesterday, we decided that some well deserved rest and relaxation was in order today, also the laundry needed doing, unless I wanted to get to the turning the pants inside out stage, who am I kidding I reached that stage ages ago (a joke of course). It's actually a little bit difficult to get our heads around the fact that we're not on a two week holiday, so we don't have to do something every ...

... the Nevada desert to the city that never sleeps - LAS VEGAS! Weird, weird place. We drove for miles and miles through nothing but desert and military areas and then all of a sudden there it was on the horizon, the bright lights of Vegas. Once again I successfully navigated our way to the strip (he'd be lost - literally - without me, I tell you!). From our hotel we could see just a small portion of what was on offer, but after a very sweltering walk along the ...