We had a relaxing twenty-four hours hither at the Kern River County Campground. It was overnice to get got a twenty-four hours off that didn't involve coughing 85% of the time. We both seem to get got caught a mild illustration of the flu, inwards add-on to my asthma problems. We're both improve day-by-day, although Mike is nearly a twenty-four hours behind me with the influenza symptoms. I'm genuinely feeling pretty skilful this morning, in addition to got a skilful night's slumber without having to suffer coughing fits throughout the night. Things are looking upwards health-wise.
Smitty spent his morning time on high alert, gazing out the catio window. There were people in addition to woofies strolling past times outside. We kept a conditions optic on them.
Sadie couldn't live on bothered. It was warm inwards the trailer, in addition to she was snuggled upwards inwards a quilt. What to a greater extent than could a kitty want?
After breakfast, nosotros got Smitty out on his harness. These outset few walks ever laid out on the steps of the RV with Smitty inwards abject terror. He wasn't pawing at the door to live on permit dorsum in, however, in addition to thus this showed some promise.
My estimator only warned me that my battery life is nearly to expire, in addition to thus I'll get got to supply inwards a few. Please excuse this momentary interruption to my prattle.
Okay. I'm back. Did you lot fille me? And forthwith I get got my coffee. There are placidity hours inwards campgrounds when it is considered bad cast to run one's generator. In this park, nosotros had to hold off until 7:00 a.m., which is fairly early. Some parks brand you lot hold off until 8:00 a.m., which is downright uncivilized without coffee.
So dorsum to Smitty's walk...the dorsum side of the RV was genuinely the house to be. When Smitty is out in addition to nervous on these outset walks, I'm speaking softly in addition to quietly, telling him to "maintain" in addition to non panic. I picked him upwards in addition to carried him to the other side of the RV where I prepare him downward inwards the grass. Oh. My. Gosh. Like a truthful cat starving inwards the desert, he was thus glad to run across some grass in addition to spent several minutes correct hither grazing. You should ever consume your greens.
And in addition to thus nosotros prepare out on a brief excursion of to a greater extent than or less 2 minutes dorsum to the door side of the trailer where he pawed at the door to live on permit in.
Apparently the grass is the thing...and California is a legal state, thus no worries.
Later inwards the afternoon, Mike in addition to I got out for a walk. The conditions was greyish in addition to overcast all twenty-four hours in addition to a lilliputian on the chilly side. There is a biking path running along the border of the park. Here, nosotros stopped to calibrate our speedometers. We for certain didn't desire to larn ticketed for speeding.
We can't larn over what a slap-up resources this is for the locals. There were some informational signs along the agency explaining how it came to be. We suspect this is a floodplain, in addition to thus can't live on developed, but these 2 locals prepare nearly turning it into a community resource. The signs were inwards piteous repair, but I mean value you lot tin give the axe silent read the i below if you're interested.
This adjacent i gives some statistics. There was other information on this larger sign, but it was thus encrusted inwards mold that it was nearly impossible to read. It says, "Beginning at the Mouth of Kern River, the Kern River Parkway includes over 6,000 acres of trails(?), parks in addition to waterways extending over thirty miles westerly to Highway I-5."
There were arrows marked inwards lime with 10k markings equally if at that topographic point had been a race run hither recently. Possibly a New Year's Day event? We don't know. In whatever case, nosotros walked amongst the Kern River for a distance.
Across from where I took the photograph higher upwards was this memorial bench.
Here's the plaque below. Rest inwards peace, Steve. He must get got been a bicyclist.
Walking on, nosotros came to an earthen dam which holds the Lake Ming reservoir.
Turning only slightly, you lot tin give the axe run across the H2O grade device. We suspect H2O from the reservoir drains into the river when it rises higher upwards a sure level, in addition to the device tin give the axe likely live on raised in addition to lowered equally well. There was a motor nearby that ran intermittently, but nosotros didn't notice anything happening beyond the noise.
We saw a few birds out on the lake.
Before visiting the Merced National Wildlife Refuge concluding week, I could get got called this adjacent aeroplane a duck. Now, I know it is a coot. I should hang out with my smart friends to a greater extent than often.
I posted this adjacent icon on Facebook for Judy's identification. She tells me it is likely a Western Grebe. You tin give the axe run across some improve images at the link I've given you.
There were a few mallards.
As nosotros walked back, nosotros spied this red-shouldered hawk inwards a nearby tree.
And that was sort of our day. We had leftovers for dinner, in addition to thus nosotros kept it pretty depression key. Sadie's twenty-four hours was depression cardinal from start to finish.
Since my concluding post, we've had some fourth dimension to orbit out the amenities in addition to necessary items available to us here. We needed an RV dump station in addition to fresh water. We'll also demand to refill our propane tanks. As it turns out the dump station in addition to fresh H2O are available to us correct here, in addition to nosotros tin give the axe refill our propane inwards town. It looks equally if we'll live on spending at to the lowest degree i nighttime at the Trona Pinnacles where we'll uncovering costless camping.
Yesterday I discovered a spider web log from a immature yoke who army camp inwards wild areas. You tin give the axe uncovering their blog, Gone With the Wynns, correct here. They've posted some drone footage of their visit. The fact that they are inwards a motor dwelling gives us hope that the route to the pinnacles volition live on passable for us equally well. Mike worries nearly his vehicles...typical man. From my betoken of view, if it's non a sewing machine, in addition to thus who cares? Right? So anyway...I've discovered the agency around this forthwith is to say, "It'll live on a skilful house to wing your drone." And he perks upwards correct away. Always thinking...the adult woman is ever thinking.
So fourth dimension volition tell...we'll either live on at the Trona Pinnacles or else inwards Death Valley adjacent fourth dimension I write. And if it's a few days from now, in addition to thus it's likely the Trona Pinnacles with no mesh access.