yeah real green grass in California thank goodness I'm away from the
big-city life just to point out Angela I had a fantastic day at Disneyland
it was my best disney experience of my life no crowds no lines the longest we
waited for anything was like 25 minutes at the end of the day we went on nearly
every single ride at Disneyland in one day of course Splash Mountain at this
park closed again. struck out to get a favorite ride and all of Disney being
refurbished at Disneyland now but we had a fantastic time and traffic through Los
Angeles today I like to say that this is kind of worth it now that we're here at
a really nice campground. Angela and I, so this is our chill-out couple days
here we're at Oak Flats campground in the National Forest of California just
south of Bakersfield I think we're about an hour drive from Bakersfield still but
they have nice big spots with lots of trees this is the closest we could camp
together she's across the street from me in her own slot there and you won't fit
anything bigger than a 24 foot here anywhere at any of these little
campsites here I'm not sticking out in the road but I did come kind of close I
guess okay maybe you can fit a 30-footer I don't know but it's nice to be nestled
in the trees here I mean look at this guys it's real it's
real green grass oh my goodness it just makes me smile oh and as an added bonus
guys remember I bought my america the beautiful' pass angela has one as well
I've always mentioned those are great for getting all the fees waived at all
the national parks around the country but I also mentioned at the time when I
was going to Mount Rainier that it gives you free access to campgrounds
this being the first one I have utilized which is included in that so you either
need some kind of California recreational pass or if you have the
america the beautiful' pass you can stay here for free for 14 days no running
water no dump station they do have vault toilets and they have a dumpster but
that is about all I was really looking for both of us we just just wanted to
kind of come down from the whole Disney craze and the whole big city of Los
Angeles thing going on so it's a good spot. That air feel pretty good? that fresh
air oh, see the birds yeah there is actually birds so guys really
quick the reason why this entire month of March I've been saying I'm delayed
and getting my mission started is because I've been monitoring the weather
of Truckee.... you just bite me? are you serious?
just because you want to bite a bird doesn't mean you get to bite dad I've
been monitoring the weather in Truckee California because that's where there's
really high mountains the Sierra Nevada mountain pass they call it and pretty
much the last couple weeks they've been saying non-stop snow they've been
closing the highway I'm looking at the California Department of Transportation
website every single day the weird part about it is as that's not really the
starting point so but that is a part that both Angela and I both have to
cross so that's why I am closely monitoring it's tough to do it a couple
days out but it is still getting down into the teens snowing in March and they
are literally still closing the highway for periods of time where you cannot
cross no matter what you have so all this effort I put into to have chains on
all four my rear tires could possibly be pointless and Angela and I could be just
stuck parked on the highway or on the side of the road for
days and days it's getting to the point now where I may have to actually make a
change in the plan because I'm not just gonna sit here until June waiting for a
clear path to go through or I may go through and film that part of it while
Angela waits me I mean there's a bunch of it that I'm not really excited about
just wanted to let you guys know this this that's the problem with making the
plans but I assure you for the next three to four months that is the only
planned thing that is affecting what's going on right now so bear with me I
still got to get back to the coast to start the trip and then I've got to go
through at the Truckee area into Nevada so that's what we're waiting for
I know I'm giving you a lot of trust letting you walk around without a leash
out here can you sit down no no nobody's impressed with that.
but we're really liking it out here at this little campground this has been a really neat spot
Get him, Dresi.
morning everybody look at this view this is the way over there is actually i-5
you can kind of hear it in the distance I can physically see the tiny little
cars you probably can't though have decided that I really really like this
campground Oak Flats campground I really like it did some
research last night found out that there are four that are managed here in the
Southern California area which are all free included 14 days with the america
the beautiful' pass so I think it's worth it right there
we're the only RVs though about half this campground is full of unoccupied
tents strange but yeah I think it's more of a tent camping area just mountains
and valleys by the way we're up here at about 3200 feet now lots of oak trees
and the reason why we have some of the best self-service Wi-Fi ever the cell
tower right there for me just for me actually it's servicing the i-5 corridor
there but pretty convenient that it has happens to be some of the strongest cell
service and fastest Wi-Fi that I've seen in quite some time so that's pretty cool
keeping an eye on the weather I see a clearing through the Sierra Nevadas here
in a few days so I mean we're only about 320 miles away and I can just get that
done and what in one travel day get this trip started so sweet
also thankfully is a little sign here that tells us what the mountains are
that we were looking at the San Gabriel Mountains here in California
off in the distance no you can't win them all right
it does actually rain in Southern California guys they they love it when
it rains in Southern California and it's snowing up in the mountains right now
again I just checked it was bare and clear now they are screening every
vehicle for chains on all tires
it's just tough up there but like I said it's it's gonna happen no matter what oh
I did cover the bike in time before the rain hit so that's gonna keep the bike
nice and clean and rust free it's great for rain and sun protection today is
just going to be a video game pizza Bud Light followed by probably Netflix
and chill kind of day and night because you know what you can do actually I'm
working on the project in the RV I'll show you that's what's left of the top
bunk area I got rain on the lens hang on there we go
that's what's left of the top overhead bunk area or storage area as I call it
cleaned out a lot probably got rid of about 90 pounds of junk I really do like
to take a look at a lot of the stuff I have in storage up top plus in the
container like the garage outdoor part once every six months I pretty much need
to go through it just to make sure absolutely that it is needed and there's
a reason to travel around with all these little items all around the country
storage is limited in an RV I cannot hoard things I need to
continually evaluate if I'm getting enough use out of everything in this
rv and if not it's time to donate it or throw it away
get rid of it free up some space and some weight in the RV that's always a
good thing Jax I think you've got this whole chill thing down to a science here
uh-huh I'm trying to learn from you because you
seem to have everything figured out you and you and Dresi seem to just be
completely okay with just doing nothing all day and that's cool
that's good I'm jealous man I'm really jealous yeah want to relax yeah just
relax all right sounds good so with that said hopefully we will
be traveling through bakersfield tomorrow have to get or whatever the
stops have a good day guys bye bye