Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park Campground

A BUSY DAY.

Day 140 – Today was our last day here at this campsite; tomorrow morning we move on. Because they’re having an issue with the water here, they have closed the campground. They let us stay here because we’d already paid thru tonight and because we agreed not to use the dump station or try to use their water. Not only is the campground closed, but the whole Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park has been closed to incoming visitors. This gave us complete access to the Historic Park today – just us.

KERN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, DAY 2.

Day 139 – Warming up a little, it was in the mid-30’s this morning. Three campers came in last night, then left this morning. We’re the only ones here again. We paid for another two nights here today; we have more to do in this area yet.

SATURDAY IN THE PARK.

Day 138 – Today was a go-nowhere day. It was in the 20’s when we got up, but sunny. We had our normal coffee/tea time in the morning. I had some catching up to do inside the RV and Rob continued working on the solar upgrade. More people had come into the campground overnight – one night stopovers; they’d all left by later this afternoon. We have the whole place to ourselves.

KERN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, DAY 1.

Day 137 – Brrr! 22 degrees this morning. But it was a bright, sunshiny day today, reaching 62 degrees in the afternoon with little wind. We are catching up on some things. Rob changed the oil in the Honda and started work on the new solar panels for the roof on the RV. When we reach more forested country in the Pacific northwest, the additional solar panels should be able to compensate for the loss of full sun access. That’s the plan, anyway. Before lunch, Rob took a couple of pictures at our campsite. There’s plenty of animal activity here.

TRAVEL DAY

From: Golden Shore RV Resort, Long Beach, CA.

To:John L. Whitehead, Jr. Campground at Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park, Earlimart, CA – Pixley National Wildlife Refuge & Kern National Wildlife Refuge.

Day 136 – Today was a long day on the road, but between the Los Angeles traffic and the sheer size of Los Angeles County, it took us a long time to get out of the sprawl and into less populated territory.