OH NO! That is our route!!!! Marcia gets on Google Maps and it says that it is closed until 12/27...tomorrow. OH NO!!!!
And to top it off...I-5 is closed going into L.A., so going directly to I-10 through San Bernardino is out too! OH NO!!!!!!!!
Quickly we come to a nice Turlock rest area, and it is time for a Bubba Walk, breakfast for all three of us (steak and eggs for two of us), and then a google search as to what is up...SNOW SNOW and MORE SNOW!!!!!
I call the Orange Grove RV Park in Bakersfield which is just off highway 58, they are open, have some spots, and take my name and number. 4-5 hours later we pull into Orange Grove, and they just stopped taking any more reservations...they are FULL as long as all those having reservations actually come in. They had a whole lot of calls today.
As of 6 pm, highway 58 is open with CHP escort. Down south, I-5 and highway 138 are still closed due to snow. Maybe, just MAYBE we will get over the pass tomorrow. If we do so early enough, we will try to go to Kingman AZ. We hope we can at least make Needles. If it is real late, we will at least make Barstow...which WAS today's destination.
I'm surprised they are even escorting. There's LOTS of snow and many accidents along the way from big trucks slipping and sliding. I'm praying Mother Nature gets it out of her system before I have to leave!! I'm getting nervous. The good thing about Orange Grove is of course the oranges. Hope you have a safe trip!
ReplyDeleteWell, we made it...took 6 hours from the park to Mojave...wow!!!
DeleteWhy not highway 395? Supper easy but lack of services along the way.
ReplyDeleteGot to get over Tehachapi to get to 395. I like to go I-40 and then cut over through Wickenburg because the person we meet is in north Phoenix, and sometimes we stay at the Lake Pleasant Regional Park and getting there is fairly easy going this route.
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