Fri Day 6

Fri Jan 16 Day 6 @ Orange Grove RV Park, Bakersfield

No hot water at all in the AM so called a mobile repair service who will be here about 10 AM.  Of course, then Sheila turns on the water and it comes out – what’s going on?  I went over to the office for coffee & donuts and we have a hold on our spot and now time will tell. …………. Time past and all’s well that ends well.  The water heater is operational and we are ready to roll by 1 PM.  We actually pulled out with Sheila driving at 1:20.  She quit driving at 2:45.  We did a gas stop at a Pilot station on hwy 395 just near the junction with Hwy 215. Even though we are in California gas is still just 2.25 a gallon, (actual pump price is 2.299 but I get 5 cents off with my Pilot/Flying J charge card).  We pulled in at 4:00 at 39328 miles & out at 4:20 – gassing up took 10 or so minutes, the rest of the time I am usually waiting to get at a pump, I need the full 2 pump island with my length. Traffic was thick on hwy 10 but it kept moving – slowly but moving. We pulled into the Spotlight 29 Casino at 39433 at 6:30.  With the traffic it took 2 hrs & 10 minutes to go 105 miles and that’s on California high speed multi-lane freeways non-stop. We went into the Casino for a nice supper. Sheila stayed to gamble with the usual results—she lost most of her gambling money.

Distance – 233 miles, on road time 3 hrs 50 minutes