On 11/5, we left Sacramento and proceeded via CA-99 (the old route that I-5 supplements) to Bakersfield. This city counts among its notables he country outlaw musician, Merle Haggard.
CA-99 drives through the industrial/ agricultural heart of California. It’s a freeway, and goes through a great number of small and large towns. Fruit and nut trees in the millions, corn fields and such. Very flat and dusty. Lots of irrigation ditches and water control features. Boring stretch of road, in not so good repair. However, it is farther east than I-5, so we did not get into LA traffic. Our cab/ chassis AC failed during the trip. We arranged with Bakersfield Truck Center to diagnose the AC on Tuesday, and maybe it’ll be easy. If not, repair occurs on Wednesday. We also finished getting the Dish satellite TV system to work (yay!).
11/7: the AC diagnosis found corrosion on a sensor electrical connection that prevented the AC compressor from turning on. Clean the sensor pins, tighten the connection and it’s fixed! No charge. Back to camp. Cooked a steak and decided to stay one more day before proceeding to the Joshua Tree National Park. to get the Maine General documentation set.
11/8: day in camp. Laundry.
