Almost There...

We're on the last leg of our travels before we reach Vacaville. Spent two days in Needles, California for some R & R after losing Maggie. There's not much there but the weather was beautiful...daytime temps in the 70s, nights in the 50s, and lots of sunshine! It was restful and relaxing.

Parked outside Juicy's

We stayed at the Needles KOA. If you ever find yourself in Needles, I can highly recommend it. The sites are the usual gravel terrain, nice and wide, with Oleanders planted at every site. The streets are also wide making it easy to maneuver a large RV. They gave us a site at the front of a row near an area with a swing and fire pit. It is a public area, but there weren't a lot of people staying there so it felt like my own private yard. The only thing lacking was cable TV. We tried the two local restaurants...Wagon Wheel and Juicy's River Cafe. They're great for breakfast and lunch but not so great for dinner...but, then, this is Needles!

Our campsite in Needles and my "front yard"

  On the road to Bakersfield...

 

Orange groves on the way into Bakersfield

Left Needles and drove I-40 to its end in Barstow, picked up Hwy 58 and landed in Bakersfield. Staying a couple of days to clean house and catch up on laundry so that we can arrive in Vacaville ready to visit. We are parked in A Country RV Park...nice paved sites and great cable for Jack to watch the last NASCAR race of the season and for my Sunday evening with Madame Secretary and The Good Wife. Weather is nice and windows are open, but it will be chilly soon. We went out for Mexican when we arrived to a place called Mexicali. It had good reviews but we were very disappointed...wished we'd gone to In-N-Out Burger instead. Think we've been forever spoiled by the Mexican food in San Antonio, Texas and Mesilla, New Mexico!

Tuesday morning we'll be Vacaville bound and looking forward to seeing everyone!