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The Orange Grove RV Park

Tuesday | 24 April 2007 | Bakersfield, California:  Another driving day. Well, to be honest, another driving afternoon. We spent yesterday and this morning with family before driving around 200 miles this afternoon,  south on Highway 99, (listening to our fabulous Water for Elephants) to Bakersfield, where we are camped for the night at one of our usual stop-over sites - The Orange Grove RV Park. This park is actually in an orange grove! I am not a farmer, but I would suggest they have removed every-other row of fruit trees and put in RV sites. When the oranges are ripe, they are free for the taking, so that is always fun.

The Orange Grove RV Park in Bakersfield, California
Checking-in at The Orange Grove

No such luck in April, however - especially since the fruit was slim anyway due to the terrible freeze this winter. There was a line of RVs coming in when we checked-in just after 4 pm. (It was 82 degrees!) They herded-in their weary customers and situated us in sites one after the other. Our entire row is filled with motorhomes towing small cars. Not one car is unattached - a sure sign that everyone in this row is overnighting here and will be gone in the morning. Some are going south; most are going north.

The Orange Grove RV Park in Bakersfield, California
Lined-up for the night

The Orange Grove RV Park in Bakersfield, California
All in a row

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