California Drought

I love traveling and camping, to which most of my blogs attest. Today's campground, though beautiful, is one I will not be returning to. Boasting its River shore location and boat launch ramp, they charge accordingly...$45 a night for just an electric hook-up. I have never experienced such rules & regs! For starters, to make a reservation I was required to download, print, send them my credit card info,sign and initial a contract and send a picture if the signed contract ...but wait, the contract was not ENTIRELY legible (all the pertinent info was), so I had to re-photo and send again! Arriving at the park took me three tries, then to find it locked up like Fort Knox! I knocked on nearby doors until a girl came out, grilled me on my validity, then swung opened the gates, ushering me into a nearly empty park! It turns out the river is "seasonal", and now is not its season! I had to sign my compliance to 16 regulations, among which is a promise my dog was not a Pit Bull, Chow, Rottweiler, or Doberman, nor any mixture thereof. There is a fee to use the Internet, and THEN, to add insult to injury NO SERIUS RADIO... Read that... no elevator music. Bummer!

On a lighter note, the park is beautiful, as is the weather, and the whole (dry) riverbank is home to a colony of moles, which Cinda is happily digging for.

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Living Happily Ever After

I am the new Queen of Camp Meyer and Camping Princess! I finally convinced Mom that Sheila had to go...Sheila always wanted to live with her other Mom, Lisa, and now she gets to, and word has it around Camp Meyer That having a Mom with some authority was just what Sheila needed, and now she really IS a Good Girl.

Meanwhile, I am happily still doing bad things like begging for food and running away when I get the chance, but life as an only dog suits me FINE! Mom can (and does) take me anywhere, and I am very friendly to dogs and people (but I still kill rabbits and ground squirrels when I get the chance).

So here we are, just Mom and me, van camping! Today, we left home and drove up past Ridgecrest to a long and windy (but very scenic) road to Lake Isabella. Neither of us have been in this neck of the woods, and we love having the time and freedom to meander to Fresno, which is where we are headed. Mom thinks she needs something new for the van. It's nothing I can use, so I don't care. I'll let her tell you about it. Picture me with a Happy Tail on Happy Trails! Love, Cinda