Looks like no Yosemite

We had originally planned to leave Red Bluff on Monday and drive to Yosemite West KOA in Midpines, California, so we could send a few days touring around Yosemite National Park.  However, with the government shutdown closing down the National Parks, we changed our plans.

We're lucky.  Because of our full-timing lifestyle, we can change our plans relatively easy but we feel sorry for people who have planned their vacation around going to Yosemite or any National Park or Museum. 

We found out that at Durango RV Park where we were staying in Red Bluff that if you stay 6 nights, you get the 7th night free.  We couldn't pass up a free night of camping particularly at such a nice campground so we stayed one more night at Durango RV Park in Red Bluff.

By Tuesday morning, it was clear that Yosemite was not going to be open so we cancelled our KOA reservations at Yosemite and started heading south on I-5.  We are scheduled to be in El Segundo by this Sunday to visit our "outlaws", our son-in-law Grant's parents, Larry and Laura Robinson.

Except for when traveling through Sacramento and Stockton, I-5 in California, has been a smooth easy road to travel on. 

We also began to see a portion of the 700 mile long California Aqueduct System winding its way down towards southern California.

According to Wikipedia, the California Aqueduct conveys water from the rivers of northern and central California and the Sierra Nevada mountains down to southern California.  It also convey millions and millions of gallons of water for irrigation purposes to the millions of acres of orchards, vineyards and farms in California.

We decided to stop at Kit Fox RV Park in Patterson, California, which was a Passport America park.  It is a good place to stop for an overnighter particularly at $21.96 a night. 

 

After dinner, we walked around the campground and saw a beautiful sunset.