California, 7th November, to the West Coast
We left Sequoia NP around 8.00am. The day before the driver's side rear indicator light had stopped working and I did not fancy driving a long distance without it, so we stopped at Three Rivers, the first town outside the park, to see if the garage stocked a bulb. I thought it would be an easy task but we had apparently to go to a Dodge main dealer to get one, the nearest being in Bakersfield a few hours away. We needn't have been concerned though as half an hour down the road it started working again and we were told 'it did that' when we returned the car!! It was a sunny morning and we soon came across a lake so we stopped for a look. It was Lake Kaweah, a reservoir that was used for boating as well. Mist was hanging over the background hills and we drove all morning in and out of fog. We went south along the 65 as far as Bakersfield where we stopped for coffee and to swop drivers. We passed orange groves and vineyards although the soil was dry and sandy. ...