Today we had another short day – 180 miles to Hemet CA and it was definitely not boring. We headed ESE out of Bakersfield through Tehachapi Pass (elev. 4064’), then south for a while (flat) then SE – all this was an effort to avoid I-5 and the dreaded Grapevine area. Our route took us to the east of L.A. before going further south – just as we got into the San Bernardino Mountains, we drove some dramatic landscape with incredible rock formations. I’m always amazed at how mountainous southern CA is. Gypsy (our GPS) “misguided” us as we passed through San Bernardino (she doesn’t realize we’re towing a 31’ long, 14,000 lb. RV) but a quick check of the map had us on an alternate route that worked our really well.
Because these were short driving days, we didn’t prep for them food-wise. The ‘orange grove’ was a bit remote and, since we don’t unhitch for overnight stays, we had to scrape dinner together – poor us! Fearing the same might be true in Hemet, we watched for one of those rare occasions when you can find a restaurant that’s easy on/easy off the highway and RV accessible. Not having found one as we got close to our destination, we grabbed on opportunity to pull to the side of the street and take turns running into fast food places to buy both lunch and dinner. We arrived at our RV Park to find it in walking distance of several eateries. I think, in future, we should ask about such things when making a reservation. But we did walk to one of them for breakfast in the morning.
This RV Park was largely a retirement village with lots of park models. It was beautifully landscaped with lots of amenities and, naturally a bit expensive.
