Bakersfield to Three Rivers, California

We left Nevada for California on April 30th. The desert stayed with us as we headed for Bakersfield.

Joshua Trees (a type of Yucca), along I-15:


The dreaded Goat's Head, also known as Puncture Vine for its proclivity for piercing bicycle tires.


Desert Sand Verbena


A windmill farm stretched along CA-58 for miles! We had never seen a farm with different sizes of windmills, and this one had at least three sizes. They were also placed much closer together than we had ever seen.






Grass and trees! Woohoo!


We stayed overnight in Bakersfield in Orange Grove RV Park. It was very nice and perfectly named, as all the shade trees and the trees lining the dog walk were orange trees. We were a little late to the party this time, though. All the trees had just been harvested and pruned about a week before our arrival.


Grape vineyards were everywhere in the rural part of Bakersfield, and it was surprising to see oil wells in the vineyards. This one was right across the road from Orange Grove RV Park.


Vineyards, orange groves, and nut groves kept us company on May 1st as we moved from Bakersfield to Three Rivers, California. Along CA-198:


Kaweah Lake, formed by the damming of the Kaweah River, which flows out of Sequoia National Park:


Three Rivers is in the foothills of the southern Sierra Nevada mountain range. We stayed in Sequoia RV Ranch, where our site backed right up to the north fork of the Kaweah River. Water, trees, grass . . . it was beautiful!








After months in the desert, Barkley found a Barkley-sized stick! Double woohoo!




Quails are so cute! Especially when they stretch up to their full height and run. Here's one near our RV site: