Our first night on the way home, we stop at Orange Grove RV Park, just east of Bakersfield. For the first time we were greeted by orange trees in bloom. The sight was beautiful, but the smell was spectacular!
After the last couple of weeks 97ยบ by 9 am, we welcomed the overcast, cool day as we drove up I-5. However, the pavement from CA 46 north for miles, was so rough, that the ice on the cooling fins in our refrigerator fell off! Well, it saved me having to do it manually.
As many times as we have made this trip, you would think there wouldn't be anything new to see. Wrong. We saw field after field that looked like the photo above. The fruit or nut trees are covered to prevent birds from eating the crop. They also help with hail, and to some extent with wind damage. This had been a practice in cherry orchards in Oregon and Washington for some time, but we had never seen it along I-5 in California.
There was lots of tumbleweeds (Ted called them kochia) along the way; more than we have ever seen.
This cattle feeding station has been here for a while, but we have never gotten a photo of it. It is humongous and so is the smell!
We chuckled over this because this could be one of Ted's cousin-in-laws. He is 86 years old and just bought a little plane with detachable wings so he can park it in his garage. He has owned many planes and flown all over the place. He still has his license.
The rest of our trip was uneventful; for which, we were very grateful. We have had many issues, some very expensive, along this route. We arrived "home", looking forward to time with our kids, grandson, and friends. Now to cleaning out the very fine, cling-to-everything dust of Palm Desert.
