Daily Archives: May 15, 2011
Park of the Sierras . . .
Our day started very early this morning, 5:30 early to be exact.
At least for me.
Jan got to sleep in . . . til 6.
We wanted to leave Boron, CA by 7 am to be sure we made it to Park of the Sierras in Coarsegold, CA about 233 miles away before noon. If we were late, the office would be closed, and we would have to drycamp overnight before checking in Monday morning.
So we pulled out of the Arabian Oasis RV park in Boron a little before 7 and got back on the road, heading west.
After passing through Mojave, and seeing the hillsides covered in windfarms,
we started the long climb up and over Tehachapi Pass, and of course, more windfarms.
The windfarms are here because the wind pretty much always blows here. In fact it’s not unusual for the pass to be shut down to trucks and RVs due to the high winds.
Railroad tracks paced us for a good while, threading their way back and forth, over and under the highway, including a long series of tunnels along the way.
Finally, after about 90 miles we reached Bakersfield, CA and turned north on SR99 heading toward Fresno.
In Fresno we got on SR41, the road that would take us to Coarsegold, about 35 miles away.
We pulled into the park a little after 11 am and were greeted by Jeanne Sparks and Eldy Tompkins waving to us as we drove in, and then as soon as we parked at the office to register, there was Dave and Lynn Cross to greet us as well.
It’s always good to see old friends.
We were quickly led to our sites and got parked and set up. Luckily we were able to get a site right next to Nick and Terry.
We had been told about the Ice Cream Social at 2:30, and since Nick and I couldn’t pass up ice cream we all headed down to the clubhouse about 2:20. Didn’t want to be late.
We stayed about an hour before heading back to the rig for a nap. The early morning wakeup call was starting to have its effect.
After a really good nap (is there any such thing as a bad nap?) we headed out about 6:30 for a tour around the area and dinner.
We drove through Coarsegold, and then on to Oakhurst, the last town before you enter Yosemite National Park.
All the while we drove around, we were trying to decide where to eat supper. It finally boiled down to the Chukchansi Casino right outside the park. We had heard the buffet was good, and it was.
Very, very good. Certainly on par with the Las Vegas casinos. We’ll definitely go back, probably on Wednesday night when it’s Steak and Seafood night. And it’s only $8.99 with the Player’s Cards we picked up on our way out.
We got home about 9:30 after a very long day, that hopefully will lead to an early bedtime.
More tomorrow . . .
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Thought for the Day:
“New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common." — John Locke
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