Bakersfield Jan. 10th - 12th. 3 to 20 deg. sunny

 Heading south from Bothe-Napa St. Pk. the hwy became a freeway around San Francisco. The traffic was not too bad, so we made good time to Patterson. There is a Passport America campsite there called Kit Fox RV Park. We have stayed there before and did not have a good experience. The site they gave us last time was tight and hard to get into. We thought that we would give them another try. The chances of getting a bad site again seemed slight, especially if we asked for a pull through. That was the way to go, the pull throughs are two dollars more and worth it. Our trip for the last two days. The red dot is Patterson.

In the middle of the night the wind came up and the trailer started to rock. It looked like we would have a tail wind as we went farther south. Usually, the trailer squiggles around and the ride is uncomfortable. Not sure why but it was fine. Our fuel mileage was great, at one point we saw 17 litres per 100 kms. Normal is around 21 - 22. We stopped at Rotten Ronnie's for fuel, a dollar a gal. cheaper than anywhere else.

Four hours later we were in Bakersfield. Unhook, off to Costco and Walmart, we are good for awhile now.

As it is cold here at night, we are going to head farther south. We will stop around Barstow tonight and head for Joshua Nat Park after that. Not sure on cell service, so back when I can.
 

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