After leaving Phoenix on Monday morning, we stopped in Needles at the Fender's River Road Resort & Motel where we have stayed a few times before. At $19 for full hookup, it is a pretty good park…but I did not take pictures this time...tired or lazy or both I guess. We had a detour along the way…we drove to Prescott where I met my long time friend and co-worker at the Pine Bluff Library, Roger. We started on the same day at the Library in Pine Bluff…I think it was Monday, January 7th, 1991. We have stopped to visit Roger a number times during or travels, but sometimes he is out of town as we come by, or we are quickly going through Phoenix and can’t make it up to Prescott. Roger is the Director of the Prescott Public Library now. Today we drove from Needles to Bakersfield, visiting another RV Park we have stopped at many times, the Orange Grove RV Park in Bakersfield (pic above, more down below). Unfortunately, no oranges this time of year…they are winter oranges, and they are all gone. Late November through January is the prime time, but we have found some in March before. You can pick as many oranges as you wish…free. Well, nothing is free because this RV park cost $45 per night with Good Sams, AAA or AARP cards, more if you are a bigger rig and need 50 amp.
This picture above is similar to other I have shown before from the last rest area on I-40 before Barstow California.
Every time we drive west on I-40 we stop here…and every time the dogs look for grass to do their business on. For sure this is one of the most desolate rest areas for dogs that there is!
Bubba found some grass first and started in with his routine of SMELL, SNIFF, SMELL some more, then business time. Without grass, it sometimes is near impossible for Bubba to do his business. From here it is a good 2 hours to Bakersfield, so it is there last stop of the trip.
We have been to Orange Grove RV Park many times before, sometimes with the park nearly full to capacity…that’s nearly 200 spaces spread out on 40 acres! Today we have so much space between our neighbors…it is just WONDERFUL! Not as wonderful as our next camping spot…in the backyard at Sandy (sister) and Arny’s (brother-in-law) house. Dogs won’t have trouble finding grass there, that is for sure!
Note: We had planned to stay at Red Rock Canyon State Park tonight, about 80 miles to the east of Bakersfield…but a little more research found no Internet, no Cell Service (or very, very poor service) so we decided to skip it for now.
You are moving right along. The oranges were very small, but tasty this year.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE Oranges...have not been able to have one for 2+ years, too many carbs. I have had the taste through flavored spring water however.
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