Driving through CA and our campground

On our drive to our campground near the Sequoia National Forest, we passed thousands of acres of grape vines and ripe citrus trees!

We bought 8 pounds of fresh California strawberries from a man on the side of the road for $10, then a bit later we stopped at a fruit stand and bought 5 pounds of fresh clementines, 4 huge grapefruit, and about 40 lbs of oranges (all for about $18!!).

Once we got to the camp, we had 2 choices...

Plant our camper in "RV town" where the awnings of the campers practically touched their neighbors, or....

... set up camp near the river surrounded by scenic, grassy foothills without a neighbor around.

Hmmmm, hard choice. But, beauty doesn't come without a price... like no electricity or water (hook-ups). The water was taken care of. We had as much water we wanted to haul for cleaning and washing, but the electricity supplied our heat. From our experience, the mountain area gets sunny and warm during the day, but gets quite chilly at night. Nathan was the only one I was concerned about, but when he woke up in the night because he was chilly, we pulled him into bed with us. After being serenaded by his daddy (we normally play music during the night for him), he fell back asleep and slept like a baby... a kicking and squirming baby (which is not conducive to sleeping with adults). Other than that, we enjoyed our camping area immensely! Our campgrounds keep getting better.

The oranges and strawberries were delicious!! We had just run out of fruit that we brought from home, so we had found them at just the right time!

It was warm enough in the foothills of the mountains for Nathan to have fun playing with some crystal clear river water.

The first night at this park, we got in around 4pm (on Sunday) and the park office was closed. We weren't sure where to buy some firewood and it was getting late after we set up camp, so we walked all around the park picking up sticks. The kids had a pretty good pile by the time we were done... Enough to cook dinner and s'mores...