Day 147 – It was sunny and in the mid-30’s this morning when we got up. The campground was very quiet last night. The birds were chirping away and some Tule Elk were grazing on the grass in front of the RV, not very far away. Rob went out to take some pictures.
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A little before 10 a.m. we left to go to San Luis National Wildlife Refuge. On the way out of the Recreation Area where we are camping, we saw an additional group of Tule Elk.
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There are two separate units of San Luis refuge. The unit we visited today had two separate wildlife drives, the Waterfowl Drive and the Tule Elk Drive. We stopped on the way to the NWR and picked up sandwiches for lunch at ToGo’s and also to get gas in the Honda. Gas prices have risen again in California; at this rate they will reach $6 per gallon soon for regular unleaded!
We spent most of the day at San Luis and only saw two other cars. We got lots of pictures on each drive. A successful day. Later when we got back to the RV, we saw that there were now four other camping units and the one that camped with us last night had departed. We sat out in the tent and read our books. The high today was 66 degrees.
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