This morning, we were awakened about 3 AM with a severe
thunderstorm moving in. We stayed in bed until 5 AM and then started our
morning routines. Without hurrying, we were hitched and on our way by 6:15 AM.
We were quite surprised when we left the campsite and started seeing snow! The
hillsides were covered! We were really glad that we got an early start as it
took us 3 hours to go from the north west entrance to the south east entrance.
Due to the fact that we have seen a bunch of Redwoods on the coast and were
unable to secure camping reservations, we decided to forego the drive into
Sequoia National Park. Instead, we drove as far as Bakersfield and actually
took a site in our first commercial campground. With our Good Sam’s discount,
the charge was $30. The good things were: free dump station (after 3 days, the
trailer was ready), free Wi-Fi, good cell coverage, near a great Mexican restaurant
and also an Albertsons. Tomorrow will be another long day as we head over the
Rocky Mountains towards Lake Mead &
the Grand Canyon. We find that the various camping Ape’s for the iPhone are
great, but limited due to lack of cell coverage when you want to use them. I
wish we could download all the information from them!
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