We had an interesting thing happen last night in Bakersfield, CA. We went to bed around 9 p.m. and when we woke up at 11 for the first of the “nightly old-age calls,” we discovered our electricity was off. Weird? The first thought I had, cynic that I am, was that possibly someone was up to “no good” and waiting to see if we would come out and check why the power was off. Just in case, we didn’t respond. It really isn’t the best part of town and we didn’t need to be outside in the dark.
So, we just went back to bed and decided to check it in the morning—as the refrigerator had cycled over to gas and was working fine. Someone could have caused the power outage by pulling the plug or flipping the breaker switch, or it could be trouble with plug or our cord. At 5 a.m., I decided I needed to see if it was our plug or something in the camper—which would mean a trip to Camping World and Larry could sleep in until 8 a.m. (Figured it was safe by then. If someone had hoped to lure us out, who would stay around all night??)
I went out and looked at the breaker and it was off? I flipped it and we had power—giving Larry nice warm heat when it was time to get up. Went back in and back to bed for another hour.
We were up and on the road by 8, a great time to climb up Tehachapi Pass. We drove to Barstow for fuel and then on to Needles, CA, Elks’ Club. We expect a much quieter night here. Tomorrow we head for Gila Bend, AZ. Tonight was decision night of going I-40 or I-10. There is some ice warning up on I-40 for the next day or so—so I-10 and possible dust storms wins. We will move from Gila Bend to Casa Grande, AZ for a night to get an early run through the Tucson area to try to beat the winds. If windy, we will delay another day. Those dust storms are really terrifying!
So, until tomorrow night—good night.
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