Sun 12 April Day 91

  59 @ 8 AM at GVP

I actually woke up at 8:05 AM so I got up to have breakfast & start the final prep to go. Sheila was up about ½ hr. later.  We got everything set and we’re away on the road at 10:05 @ 39589 miles.  A little while later, we stopped and hooked the up the strap that keeps the bedroom door form sliding open at every corner.  We made it to Sketchers Shoe Factory Store at 10:40 @ 39608 miles--19 miles from GVP.   Two hours & 3 pairs of shoes later we left the store, and I was the one with 2 pairs--a new pair of sandals and a slip on loafer that is very comfortable, Sheila got a pair of shoes that were marked 70% off.  They have very nice, comfortable shoes.  We’d never heard of them before, but several people at GVP were raving about them.  We had a quick lunch in the RV and left by 1:05 pm.  We then discovered that the west bound entrance to Hwy 60 was closed; only the east bound was open.  Fortunately, there was next to no traffic on the ‘on ramps, so I did a U-Turn with the RV & car and only ran over one flexible plastic construction lane divider thing.  We backtracked south & found a road going west which hooked up with the next entrance to the hwy we wanted so no problem.  We arrived at Orange Grove RV Park, which is about 10 miles east of Bakersfield, at 4:45 @ 39797 miles.  There are almost no oranges on the trees to pick as the season is over, but there are some on the ground and I parked so I could lean out the driver’s side window & pick one on a tree beside our spot.  We set up and then took the car up to the car wash area to clean it off a bit.  After a nice supper that Sheila made, we went for a short walk, picking oranges off the ground as we walked.  Afterwards, we settled in to watching TV, doing the journal/blog and planning tomorrow’s trip.

Distance – 208 miles – on road time – 4 hrs. 15 mins.