Econo Lodge Bakersfield

... eine P**son gehen kann...zum Glück haben wir uns gegen einen weit**n Shoppingtag entschieden und sind durch den Nationalpark gefahren. Es war es echt w**t!!! Wir waren beide voll** Erfurcht vor den Dingen, die die Natur h**vor bringt und wie schnell sich in Californien alleine das Landschaftsbild v**änd**t.

Wir sind beide sehr froh, dass wir diese Reise gemacht haben! Alles was wir bis jetzt gesehen und **lebt haben, rechtf**tigt alle Strapazen ...

... 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.


Title Language: English

... 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.

... what she was saying but my guess is that she wasn't getting the visa in time to leave. The guard had to come and escort her out while she yelled all the way out. Another lady was pounding on the locked door leading into the room where employees were working behind the windows. No one ever opened the door. Finally our number was called and we rushed up to the window. I couldn't turn in the apps for Nate's group, as we ...

... a run of around 2.5 hours we arrived in Bakersfield. This RV park ( River Run RV park), has to be one of the top parks we have stopped in on the journey. It has large sites with concrete pads a grass strip and space between the sites, Cable TV, Free WIFI, coupled with extremely clean facilities and great showers with plenty of room and plenty of hanging space. Quite a gem of a park. Tomorrow time to take in Yosemite,

... Hitting the "Dip" at speed produced some very excited squeals from the back of the car. The second "Dip" was even more fun. We continued on in familiar territory, through another valley towards Ballarat, our ghost town. But it was too much for Zac. He was fast asleep. The sun was setting as well. Luckily Dad had headed off about 90 minutes ago for the hotel. Ballarat was a HUGE let down. Zac was expecting a proper ghost town that he could play sherriff in ...

... he rocked back and almost lost his left ski otb....with a slow time. on his reride he brought it down a lot...too far i think...lost his position coming in, got pulled up right as he hit the ramp and the wind caught his tips off the top and sent him on a 50 mph barrell roll otf like a ragdoll. he hit ************* his side and everybody held their breath. while he was coming up to shore he stepped on his left foot and collapsed...everyone thought he broke his ...

... and other random acts of gratuitous violence. As it was just on dusk when we embarked on our walk I made sure that we took all measures to avoid looking like vulnerable tourists. As it turned out it was a surprisingly nice area and the locals that we spoke to were probably more friendly than at home!! After seeing Venice Beach and deciding it was no comparison to Newcastle Beach, it was time to get some dinner. We went to a Mexican restaurant and ...

... we passed over 50 different types of church, drive-in churches, and the unusual sounding Erick's Church of the Nazarene). Instead of the 'World's Strongest Man' we had 'Team Impact' - extremely large men snapping handcuffs and other large things with the power of their faith alone. Oral Roberts is a serious TV evangelist who has a huge retro university built by and named after him. The space age buildings were amazing but we failed to get on one of his TV programs ...