BENNETT'S BEST PUMPKINS AND CHRISTMAS TREES

We left for  Saugus and the Pumpkin/Christmas tree lot on Monday, September 25, it was only 80 miles from Bakersfield.  The crew, Doug and Greg were there working.  It was good to see them again.  Doug enlarged our RV space, it's great to have more room!

No pumpkins yet, just a few straw bales.

We were surprised to have this second tent!

The RV spot from the tent.

We got busy the next day getting the cashier box ready to paint. We went to Lowe's and bought a gallon of paint and the next day Darrell got it painted.

We were busy the rest of the week getting things ready. On Sunday, we put together our "official greeter."

We got pumpkins on Wednesday, October 4.

Doug's crew bringin' in the pumpkins!

We got 2,160 this  first shipment.



Beautiful, beautiful pumpkins

We opened Thursday, October 5.

Kids love to come to Bennett's Best and dress up and jump on the Bouncies.

And of course, eat free popcorn!

We had fun Bouncies this year!

 The Obstacle Course......

The Castle........

The Dragon.....

And ......The Slide

 We enjoyed our customers....even the 4 legged ones!

So many of our customers welcomed us back and said they missed us last year and were glad we were back.
We celebrated Maggie's 14th birthday on October 12.

Maggie and Marlee even  shared a small cake.

BAKERSFIELD, SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK

We enjoyed our time in Bakersfield, we ate out, went to a movie and used the hot tub daily, and sometimes, twice a day.  We weren't too far from Sequoia National Park, so we took a day and visited it.

We were surprised there was a line to get in!

After about a twenty minute wait, we were at the entrance booth.

I guess they were busy....the campgrounds are full!

We stopped just a little ways in the park to potty Maggie and Marlee.

Took them for a short walk down this little trail that led to the river.

We walked down to the river where I slipped on these rocks, we all slid a bit and  fell into a pile.

We all got up and decided nothing was broken, Maggie and Marlee were OK, we considered ourselves very lucky!!

Finished our walk to the river, the girls got a drink.

Made it back to the top and continued on our way.

Snow on those mountains!

Beautiful scenery!

The Sierras.

Oh! And the bears!

Further up the road there  was road contruction where we had to wait for twenty minutes. By the time we stopped at the Giant Forest Museum, my knee had swollen and was hurting. This place was busy too, we looked for a parking place close to the museum, but there were none. I hobbled over to the museum, it was hard to walk on that knee! 

 The Sentinel Tree stands right outside the Giant Forest Museum. It provides an example of an "average sequoia" at seven hundred tons!  It is 2,200 years old!

We were heading into the Giant Forest, the most famous giant sequoia grove in Sequoia National Park.

 It is home to half of the Earth's largest and longest-living trees. It is only three square miles with over 2,100 giant sequoias with diameters of over 10 feet.

 The General Sherman tree is the  largest tree in the forest, but it was a bit of a walk and I couldn't make the walk, so sadly, didn't get to see that tree. We were running out of daylight in this forest, it was time to head home.

LEAVING JMP, BAKERSFIELD VACATION

It was getting time to leave Riverbank and Jacob Myers Park, for the first time since hitting the road, six years ago, I wanted to stay longer.  Darrell not so much. We had contacted Bennett's Best Pumpkins and Christmas Trees and asked if he had a lot available for us to manage......his answer............ Definitely!  He said Roadside was available, we said yes! A few days later he called back saying, that our lot in Saugus was available, Darrell had a big grin on his face when he told me this. I started cleaning out my flower bed. I wanted it nice for the new Back Park Hosts.

I decided to leave my "homemade birdbath", the birds love it!

We scrubbed the RV top to bottom, said goodbye to my church family and friends, closed the gate for the last time.

I will miss my church family, my friends, and I will miss living in this beautiful City Park.

We were headed to Bakersfield RV Resort for a few days of rest and relaxation.