LODI, BAKERSFIELD

When we stayed here before we were in a hurry, we were looking forward to exploring this area a little more, we would be here two days.

The next day we drove to downtown Lodi.

It's a quaint little town.

It has a really cute Post Office!

It was closed!!

I am missing my light weight jacket and realized I must have left it in Redding when we went shopping. We stopped at Penney's and bought me a new one. Then, had a wonderful meal at a quaint Mexican restaurant. On the way home we stopped at a Farmer's Market we had visited when we were here before. They were having a pumpkin festival!

We got our "Pumpkin Fix".

This is wine country!

The next day we left for Bakersfield, we would be there four days, we've never stayed there, just driven through.

You could tell on the drive in there is an ongoing  drought here!

I thought this sign said it all! It says," NO WATER VALLEY FARMS NO JOBS

Bakersfield RV Resort was very nice!

We had a nice RV sport with grass!

 We took Maggie and Marlee down to the blowups to get a Halloween picture.

They were really happy about it!

We enjoyed the hot tub at the Park every night.

We found a small grooming shop that shortened M and M's nails, they were thrilled about that too! 

One afternoon we went to the movie, The Accountant.

 Another afternoon we drove out to California Fruit and Nut Company.

We bought dried pineapple and raisins and the lady gave Darrell some oranges. It was all delicious.

We drove by this RV park on the way to the fruit and nut company.

We have been told about this RV park by a lot of RVers. This is an  orange grove with RV sites and you can pick all the oranges you want!!
Our vacation was almost over...only two more stops and we would be in Mesa for the winter. The next day we drove to Barstow/Calico KOA in Yermo. I was surprised at what a nice RV Park it is.

 

We only stayed one night.

 We are headed to Lake Havasu City to a Passport America Park for two nights.

STORMY WEATHER, DURANGO RV RESORT, RED BLUFF, CA.

We were happy to be back at Seven Feathers again,  it is a beautiful resort with indoor swimming pool and hot tub. We had a lovely site again and glad to be where hopefully  the weather wouldn't be as bad. It was a little windy for the drive over, but no rain.  It started raining after we got set up.

We couldn't wait to get in the hot tub, it had been a while....it was nice and hot!

 It rained hard and was very windy  all the next day. We cleaned house and washed clothes.
 Later we drove over to the Casino.

We put on our heavy waterproof coats!

It rained all night and all the next day, which was Sunday. I did some baking and made fried rice to freeze. We only got out once to get some ingredients. It was a very messy day, Maggie and Marlee hated to go out and go potty.

We left on Monday morning for Red Bluff, California and  Durango RV Park, and hopefully drier weather!

We sure didn't like this weather update! It says winter driving  next 18 miles!
WINTER!!! WE DON'T LIKE WINTER!!

We were back in California!

We arrived in Red Bluff around 2:30 and finally saw the sun after four days!! Durango is a beautiful RV park, one of the nicer ones we have stayed in.

The hot tub and pool were almost always deserted. This RV Park even  had a dog wash!

 Red Bluff is located  right on the Sacramento River.

I loved this little town, I told Darrell I could live here.

When we checked in,  the RV Park gave us some information of things to do in the area. One of the afternoon trips was to take Highway 99 to Los Molinos. There were fresh produce stands all the way to Los Molinos. That sounded like something we would love to do, so we set out.

Our favorite stop was this one.

When I walked in I said WOW! I've never seen so many walnuts!

The nice lady behind the counter said," Oh, that's nothing and took us in the back and showed us huge  bins  of walnuts! They raise Chandler walnuts here.

She showed us how they grew and explained how they harvest them.

Walnuts aren't my favorite nut, but we bought a bag and when I got back to the RV I wished I had bought more. They are delicious, the best walnuts I have ever eaten. We stopped at several more stands, this was out Bounty........

Walnuts, pistachios, almonds, tomatoes, persimmons, pomegranite, peaches, pumpkin and garlic. They were all delicious!
The next day we drove over to Redding, Ca. to do a little shopping and eat at In-N-Out.
We were headed toward Lassen Volcanic National Park, where all four types of volcanoes found in the entire world are represented.

Our first In-N-Out burger since leaving Arizona in the spring.
 The next day it was time to continue our journey, we headed to Lodi, California and Flag City RV Resort, a Passport America Park, we stayed here before in 2013.