Bakersfield

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Merry Christmas Everyone!
I hope you all have enjoyed your Christmas. We left hell, uh, I mean Vallejo, on Thursday morning. Did a little more driving that we had wanted, but made it here before dark. We took highway 12 down from Fairfield. It was a beautiful drive but a bit bumpy, and there were a couple of bridges that made me feel a little more than uneasy until we got past them. They looked WAY too low. We drove past an arae of hundreds of windmills that were truly gi-hugic! It was quite a sight. We have had a quiet day here in Bakersfield at Orange Grove RV park. We didn't give each other any gifts, well at least not today. We figure we have given each other enough at this point: 5th wheel; garmin; barbeque; rugs; memoryfoam mattress; computer; not to mention all the other goodies. We've spent enough, really. Anyway, this really is an orange grove - and the oranges are wonderful! We're going to load up before we head out. We will probably stay here a week so that we can get some things taken care of that really need to be done. Like getting our mail for one. We're trying to get Lucy (the cat) used to going outside for a while during the day. Just a little at a time - and this orange grove would be just about perfect for that. (of course I don't need to mention that there is sand almost everywhere... the perfect "box"!) She got the thrill of her life this morning when a bird tried to catch a fly that was inside the back window. It was sitting on our back ladder about 10 inches from her nose. Our little hunter was more than a little frustrated, but she got over it quick. I'm sure it's just a matter of time before she's back killing anything that moves. I have to say though, that the squirrels in the Roseburg park were huge and probably would have made mincemeat out of our little girl. Their heads were every bit as big as hers and there were lots of them! We still haven't found that illusive warm weather that everyone has been telling us about. We feel like we have finally out run the rain, but are now in search of something a little more like 70 degrees instead of 50. We're heading to Palm springs next for a week or so and then on to Arizona. There is an RV show in Quartzsite that we hear is the be all end all of RV shows. We can't wait to hear about the latest in gadgets, parks and amenities! Are we boring or what?!

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