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| LAKE ISABELLA |
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| OUR CAMPSITE IN SEQUOIA NATIONAL FOREST |
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| KERN RIVER ALONG EDGE OF OUR SITE |
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| BUD TIME Short drive today past the ever shrinking Lake Isabella, surrounded by the Sierra Nevada Mountains – this is a beautiful area but lack of water has put many campgrounds out of business. We chose to camp in one of the many Sequoia National Forest sites just outside Kernville in the Upper Kern Canyon, surrounded by the Sierra Nevada Mountains and the River Kern meandering along our site. We're here for three nights.Today has been about 37oC/99oF but as we are at 2800 ft, we are hoping the evenings will cool off as we are on a generator site with water and vault toilets only – all mod cons! For those of you who are unfamiliar with vault toilets, they are quite scary in my opinion – perched precariously over this dark gaping hole, wondering what on earth could be lurking down there, is not conducive to good bowel habits! 
Mad
dogs and Englishmen.....and Roy and Anne....go out in the midday sun!
We
had a 4 mile hike along the Kern River following the Whiskey Flat
trail – hiking in 38oC is not ideal but we needed some exercise and
it was an easy trail with an idyllic lunch spot in the shade by the
river. The lady in the Chamber of Commerce in Kernville told Roy they
have not had any decent amounts of rain for the last 4 years! Can
you imagine no rain in England?
For
our friends Terry & Sally - she also said “Hoppalong Cassidy”,
“The Treasure of the Sierra Madre” and “Border Patrol” had
been filmed here – anyone remember these?
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After our coversation at our last meeting (Idon't have a coulter pine cone) you are obviously rubbing it in. Lovely pics and comments. The amazing variety of climate types/ecosystems so close together made this place great for making films. Needless to say this is one part of CA we have not visited. Love from T&S..
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