Bakersfield

Yesterday, I drove a bit over 6 hours from Novato to Bakersfield, CA. It was raining and cool when I left Novato and sunny and warm when I arrived in Bakersfield; nice to leave the traffic congestion behind; Bakersfield is bigger than I thought but haven't really explored much yet.

Fortunately, the GMC dealer is across the street from the Bakersfield RV Resort so it was easy to get the truck's oil changed this morning. After that I tried to find the Bakersfield Aquatics Club and the Cal State University aquatics center; according to US Masters Swimming (USMS), both offer lap swimming but I couldn't find either in their sprawling campuses so will need to keep searching. Haven't found a local health club that have lap pools.

This is the third week/RV Park where the "free WiFi" doesn't work so am relying on my Verizon Hotspot. The Hotspot is great but is very expensive ($10/GB/month, plus the $40/month fee, plus other fees and taxes); web surfing, updating apps, and uploading photos to my blog take a lot of GBs. Its very easy to hit $100/month just for the Hotspot (cell phone is extra)!