The Orange Grove On Saturday And The Sands on Sunday

We had another wonderfully uneventful travel day on Saturday as we drove from the Rolling Hills Casino in Corning to the Orange Grove RV Park in Bakersfield.  It was a long distance by our normal driving standards – 400 miles. But, it was relatively easy as it was mostly flat with no hills so I was on cruise-control probably 80% of the time.  We arrived at the Orange Grove in Bakersfield at 3:20pm – not too shabby!

I-5 through Stockton isn’t getting much better

I-5 has been in pretty good shape most of our trip and I have no real complaints at all about it other than the California section is incredibly busy.  That said, there’s still Stockton to deal with.  While work is progressing on rebuilding the I-5 through the city, right now it’s still “shake, rattle and roll”.  What a mess!

We love coming to the Orange Grove RV Park in December as the oranges at right at their peak and all sites are lined with trees just loaded with fresh oranges. As soon as we pulled in and while I was setting up, Paulette got a grocery bag and filled it up.  It’s just one of the perks everyone enjoys here at the Orange Grove and this year there is a new perk- incredibly fast free WiFi.  The WiFi at the Orange Grove is the fastest I’ve seen in a long, long time at any RV park. Great stuff.

We’re not the only ones from our neighbourhood in Cowichan Bay who are travelling down I-5 right now on a snowbird vacation. When we stopped at the Midway RV park in Centralia our first night who should pull in next to us but neighbours who live about 7 houses down from us. Then, yesterday, we pulled into our site at the Orange Grove to find those same neighbours parked directly across from us. On each occasion, we enjoyed a great conversation with them.  They’re off to Arizona on Sunday.

Lumsing High Capacity 10400mAh External Battery Pack Power Bank

The Lumsing battery power bank that grandson Mason bought me for Christmas is sure coming in handy.  Yesterday, I used it to re-charge both my iPhone 5S and the Roam Mobility Liberty Hotspot while we were driving down I-5.  As for the Roam Mobility Hotspot I’m giving it an A for cellular performance so far. We have 4G service from it here at the Orange Grove even though we don’t need it and we had excellent reception for most of the drive down I-5 – especially in populated areas.

Thanks for visiting!