Day 29 ~ Visalia ~ Catching Up Day

Day 29 ~Visalia ~ Catching Up Day

Not very much interesting happening today.  We really have done almost all of Sequioa National Park and Kings Canyon already.  The only part left was a very remote area on dirt roads.  We figured that part would be like Hetch Hetchy in Yosemite.  Plus it would be a 2 and half hour drive one way to get there from the campground, so we decided to use this Saturday to regroup. 

We slept in a little…..not too long because we didn’t want to have to do our work during the hottest part of the day.  The nights and mornings are fairly cool. 

When it got hot, we went to Walmart to get groceries.  Mike found a different Walmart that had an automotive department.  He got the tires rotated and an oil change.  Even though we got new tires before we left home and an oil change, we have put on almost 7,000 miles so far!

Unfortunately, this Walmart had a sub par grocery department.  I got a few things, but still would have to go to a different Walmart to get the rest.  The only perishables I am going to buy in the grocery department will be cheese.  I think cheese will be OK if the temperature wavers. In this Southern California heat, I have had grave concerns about how cool our electric cooler is keeping the food.  We have used up everything in the cooler and washed it out.  Mike and the kids are going to eat PBJ’s for lunch all week.  I am going to get bean dip and tortillas since I don’t care for PBJ.  Each dinner will be made from canned goods, and meat will be tuna or canned chicken. 

We went to the other Walmart to get fresh fruit, but I only bought minimal amounts because it was pretty much a rip off.  A pound of cherries was 7.00, and peaches were 2.00 per piece.  I am surprised that fruit in California is more expensive than in Indiana.  I just bought a bunch of canned fruit at the regular Indiana price to get us through the week.  While we won’t be eating fine cuisine this week, we will have Monday eating at Disneyland, which will be a fantastic treat!

Then we went to church so we wouldn’t have to deal with that on moving day, tomorrow.  It had a very strong Spanish influence.  It had the most beautiful stain glass windows, I have ever seen.

St. Mary's

 

We had a little Father's Day celebration for dinner at the campground.  We gave Mike our "wrapped up" gifts and played Euchre while we ate olives, French loaf, pesto, and fruit.  I think he was surprised that we managed to buy him some surprises.

When we got back to the campground, we decided to do the laundry too.  It would have been a lot cheaper at our next place, but it was really a good idea to  get it out of the way before we moved on to Los Angeles.  I think we will have enough to worry about driving through L.A. without worrying about laundry. 

Up Next:  Los Angeles.