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5 Days From Today…

Posted on October 9, 2019 by Brucie Bulldog Looney

Mary is no longer available for RV traveling, but we remain good friends.

Sadly Mary is struggling with health issues. To see the latest about her situation, click here

To view past blogs, scroll to the bottom of this page and use the menu.

I’m currently in my 24th year of full-time RVing and my lifestyle is changing, For more info click here

The motorhome is parked at Moose Club #2178 in Bakersfield, California. I’ll depart here later this morning.

In the past few months I’ve indicated my 50+ year RVing life is changing. In my humble opinion, just like the world and the United States in general, not for the good.

5 days ago, I published my last blog posting on this topic. In case you missed it, here’s the link…

https://otrwjam.wordpress.com/2019/10/04/10-days-from-today/

I’ve also indicated that on October 14th, I’m scheduled to arrive at a mystery location. A place my motorhome has never been to before. In addition, many other surprising changes await me there!

I’ve been having some fun offering clues about my mystery destination. My location here in Bakersfield, California has me a mere 293 miles distant, waiting out hopefully lower temperatures. 🙂

So far the clues have revealed about this mysterious destination…

It gets really hot there in the summertime.
It’s in California
It’s a place of beautiful sunrises
It’s an oasis… an island in the desert…
It’s in Riverside County

Here’s today’s really big clue… The elevation is 722 feet according to Google earth.

I’ve shown several beautiful sunrises as seen in photos provided by a friend. They also have some beautiful sunsets like the one seen in this photo provided by the same friend…

More clues and other changes coming soon! 🙂

I hope you enjoyed the photo.

Forecast for today is sunny and 74 degrees.

Enjoying nice weather is another joy in the life of a full-time RVer!

The red dot on the below map shows my approximate location in the State of California. You may double left-click the map to make it larger…

Enjoying 65-75 degree temperatures with low humidity most of the year is a primary joy in the RVing lifestyle!

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving”…Albert Einstein

My current travel rig is a 2006 Fleetwood 26′ Class A Motorhome and a towed 1986 Ford Bronco II, Eddie Bauer Model. This photo was taken in the desert at Slab City near Niland, California…

On October 27, 2012, I created a two-minute video titled America The Beautiful. The music America The Beautiful is by Christopher W. French. The photos, which I randomly selected, are from the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Tennessee, Washington and West Virginia (not shown in that order)…are mine. Yup, That’s me standing in front of the Post Office in Luckenbach, Texas…Y’all!

Click this link to start the video. Make sure you have your speakers turned on and go to full screen asap.
http://youtu.be/FfZUzEB4rM8

If you would like to see my YouTube videos, click this link… http://www.youtube.com/user/JimJ1579/videos

There are more than 700 photo albums in my Picasa Web Albums File. To gain access, you simply have to click this link… https://get.google.com/albumarchive/110455945462646142273?source=pwa

If you have not checked out my Ramblin Man’s Photos Blog, you can do so by clicking this link…http://ramblinmanphotos.wordpress.com/

For more information about my books, click this link:
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/panamaorbust

All original works copyrighted – Jim Jaillet -2019

Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: bakersfield, california, moose club, mysterious, photography, rv, RV travel, rving, sunset, surpises, travel | 1 Comment

Bakersfield To Manteca, California

Posted on April 4, 2019 by Brucie Bulldog Looney

Mary is no longer available for RV traveling, but we remain good friends.
Because we have 5,000+ postings, I’ve invited her to continue posting entries on this blog.
Sadly Mary is struggling with health issues. To see the latest about her situation, click here

To view past blogs, scroll to the bottom of this page and use the menu.

I’m currently in my 24th year of full-time RVing and my lifestyle is changing, For more info click here

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Yesterday I drove the motorhome 238 miles from Bakersfield to Manteca, California. I’m parked at Thousand Trails Turtle Beach RV Resort. I’ll depart here April 17th.

Who says just because you are in a large city you can’t see a pretty sunrise? First photo below was taken in Bakersfield yesterday morning.

It was a long five-hour drive on U.S. Highway 99 with lots of vehicles going too fast. Lots of places in the old highway are badly worn or patched making for a bone-jarring ride.

The two other photos at my current location…

As always you may left click upon an image to see an enlarged view and then click once again to see an even larger view…

And the usual dinette window photo…

I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE PHOTOS.

Forecast for today is cloudy and 66 degrees.

Enjoying nice weather is another joy in the life of a full-time RVer!

The red dot on the below map shows my approximate location in the State of California. You may double left-click the map to make it larger…

Enjoying 65-75 degree temperatures with low humidity most of the year is a primary joy in the RVing lifestyle!

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving”…Albert Einstein

“Let me recommend the best medicine in the world: a long journey, a mild season, through a pleasant country, in easy stages.” –James Madison

“Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all of one’s lifetime.” —Mark Twain

My current travel rig is a 2006 Fleetwood 26′ Class A Motorhome and a towed 1986 Ford Bronco II, Eddie Bauer Model. This photo was taken in the desert at Slab City near Niland, California…

Click this link to start the video. Make sure you have your speakers turned on and go to full screen asap.
http://youtu.be/FfZUzEB4rM8

If you would like to see my YouTube videos, click this link… http://www.youtube.com/user/JimJ1579/videos

If you have not checked out my Ramblin Man’s Photos Blog, you can do so by clicking this link…http://ramblinmanphotos.wordpress.com/

For more information about my books, click this link:
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/panamaorbust

All original works copyrighted – Jim Jaillet -2019

Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: bakersfield, hwy 99, Manteca, rough roads, rv resort, thousand trails, traffic | Leave a comment

Have You Ever Seen A Big One Like This????

Posted on April 3, 2019 by Brucie Bulldog Looney

Mary is no longer available for RV traveling, but we remain good friends.
Because we have 5,000+ postings, I’ve invited her to continue posting entries on this blog.
Sadly Mary is struggling with health issues. To see the latest about her situation, click here

To view past blogs, scroll to the bottom of this page and use the menu.

I’m currently in my 24th year of full-time RVing and my lifestyle is changing, For more info click here

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The motorhome is parked at Moose Club #2178 in Bakersfield, California. I’ll depart later this morning.

Usually I stay here only one day during my north to south and south to north migrations. This time I decided to stay an extra day.

The day started with plans to visit the Buck Owens Crystal Palace Museum. Stupidly I did not check their open hours before departure and they surprised me by not being open until Wednesday after I’ll be gone. Oh well, some other time.

Since I was so close I decided to wander around downtown Bakersfield. Sadly there is little to get exited about here. But despite that fact, look at what I did find…

As always you may left click upon an image to see an enlarged view and then click once again to see an even larger view…

The world’s largest Woolworth’s store.. Built in 1939, it has four floors of a total of 55,000 square feet. When did you last see a Woolworth’s? It’s been many years for me and certainly not this big…

Instead of the usual stuff you’d usually find in a Woolworth’s, this one is an antique mall full of thousand of unusual consignment items for sale…

It also has a 76 foot dairy bar that can seat 36 patrons. Largest dairy bar I’ve ever seen…

You can read about this place by clicking this link… here

You can also see the other 11 photos I took by clicking this link… here

When you opened this blog, I’ll bet you were thinking something big was like a hot dog or something like that. Fooled ya! 🙂

Have a fun day!

Enjoyed at great taco salad at the Moose Club yesterday afternoon.

I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE PHOTOS.

Forecast for today is mostly cloudy and 68 degrees.

Enjoying nice weather is another joy in the life of a full-time RVer!

The red dot on the below map shows my approximate location in the State of California. You may double left-click the map to make it larger…

Enjoying 65-75 degree temperatures with low humidity most of the year is a primary joy in the RVing lifestyle!

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving”…Albert Einstein

“Let me recommend the best medicine in the world: a long journey, a mild season, through a pleasant country, in easy stages.” –James Madison

“Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all of one’s lifetime.” —Mark Twain

My current travel rig is a 2006 Fleetwood 26′ Class A Motorhome and a towed 1986 Ford Bronco II, Eddie Bauer Model. This photo was taken in the desert at Slab City near Niland, California…

Click this link to start the video. Make sure you have your speakers turned on and go to full screen asap.
http://youtu.be/FfZUzEB4rM8

If you would like to see my YouTube videos, click this link… http://www.youtube.com/user/JimJ1579/videos

If you have not checked out my Ramblin Man’s Photos Blog, you can do so by clicking this link…http://ramblinmanphotos.wordpress.com/

For more information about my books, click this link:
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/panamaorbust

All original works copyrighted – Jim Jaillet -2019

Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: bakersfield, big, california, moose club, taco tuedsday, woolworth's | Leave a comment

Acton To Bakersfield, California…

Posted on April 2, 2019 by Brucie Bulldog Looney

Mary is no longer available for RV traveling, but we remain good friends.
Because we have 5,000+ postings, I’ve invited her to continue posting entries on this blog.
Sadly Mary is struggling with health issues. To see the latest about her situation, click here

To view past blogs, scroll to the bottom of this page and use the menu.

I’m currently in my 24th year of full-time RVing and my lifestyle is changing, For more info click here

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Yesterday I drove the motorhome 113 miles from Acton to Bakersfield, California.

I’ve had a previous experience with high winds in this area in 2011. Here’s my blog link from that event…

https://otrwjam.wordpress.com/2011/03/08/a-most-unusual-rving-day/

And Mary’s blog from that event…

https://otrwjam.wordpress.com/2011/03/08/dangerous-wind-storm-mojave-to-tehachapi/

So, instead of lingering, I beat feet over the hill 4,062 of elevation and into Bakersfield.

Yesterday’s trip was very pleasant…essentially no wind.

I arrived in Bakersfield and parked at Moose Club #2178. I have parked here on my way going south and north for a number of years. Nice electric hookup here allows me a convenient and comfortable stay at this active and friendly club.

As always you may left click upon an image to see an enlarged view and then click once again to see an even larger view…

As usual, the view from the dinette window…

I’ll visit a friend while here. I’m planning to depart tomorrow.

I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE PHOTOS.

Forecast for today is mostly cloudy and 73 degrees.