Hello from Famoso Raceway near Bakersfield, CA

Hello from Famoso Raceway near Bakersfield, CA.

Wednesday evening; March 5, 2008 (Fifth travelogue of this trip)

We are currently located here.

We stayed an extra night at the East Shore campground. It has to be one of the best campgrounds/sites we have ever been in. The weather was great and the views spectacular!

View from our site at East Shore RV Park

Today we picked up our new couch in the middle of LA. The trip from Pomona to Bell Gardens just off the I710 and I5 intersection went well considering that is the heart of LA traffic. The factory was on a dead end street and we had to unhook the car. They had to disassemble the couch to get it in, but it sure looks nice and fits well. We then drove to Famoso raceway which is about 20 miles north of Bakersfield, CA.

Our new couch

We are here for the 50^th anniversary “March Meet” drag race. As a kid, I always dreamed of going to this very famous race. It is now primarily a nostalgia event. Several of my friends from my blower belt days with Gates will be here and I really look forward to the event. It sounds like the entry list is very large. We put an advertisement in the program, so this is an official business event {grin}.

Since we have converted to a blog format, and notified a bunch of friends, I thought we might catch some of you up on our travels in the bus. We made our first trip starting on March 6, 2006. Since then we have have traveled 38,600 miles and stayed 367 nights in our home away from home. We have traveled through 25 states. That adds up to spending half our life in this crazy vehicle and we love it.

The bus is 100% functional. By that I mean that we have all of the best systems (large inverter and battery bank for our 120 volt electrical needs, a great diesel generator, large house type refrigerator with ice dispenser, diesel fired boiler that furnishes great heat on cold nights and domestic hot water, large fresh/gray/black water tanks that let us go for well over a week without hookups, two-way satellite internet, washer and dryer, and air conditioning). We still have a lot of finish work to do including overhead cabinets, exterior paint, etc. The bus will never be done, but it is very comfortable. Our bedroom seems like a cocoon and we sleep very well (well, at least one of us does {grin}). We have full communication on board, including FAX, phone, email, etc.

Now back to the travelogue. We will leave our current location on Monday and start heading home. We will probably have to detour to the Las Vegas area to finish up an installation. We need to be home by Friday (3/14). We left on this trip on 1/5, so we will have been on the road for almost 2 ½ months.

That is all for now.