Acton is probably not a place that we would ever have come to without good cause. When we realized that we would miss out on our Granddaughter Riley's 1st birthday if we were to set out on our Western Adventure in early April, we made some changes. Our start date became the same but the early part became a loop up the East side of the Sierras and back down the West side. All of this was timed to get us close enough to attend the party. Our first thought was Palmdale so that we'd have a jump on crossing the desert to our next stop. We didn't find any RV Parks in Palmdale so, Acton it was.
Acton is interesting. We're way out in Soledad Canyon which is the home of several movie ranches and of the Shambala Wildlife Preserve. Shambala is next door and is the place that Tippi Hedren set up years ago to rescue big cats. Jack Bauer apparently spent a lot of time out here filming 24 (as did his daughter Kim and the mountain lion).
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| The Pacific Crest Trail passes through the end of our campground and there's a lawn area where hikers can pitch their tents. I never thought of Pacific Crest hikers stopping at a KOA for the night, |
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| Interesting rocks on the hills surrounding our campground. |
Saturday morning, we headed off for Riley's party.
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| That's me and the birthday girl. She woke up from her nap to a houseful of people and I'm not sure that she ever quite got back to being her normal, happy self. |
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| Time to blow out the candle! |
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| And here's a volunteer to help with that candle. |
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| Looks good! Riley's first cupcake. |
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| Tasty! Of course the frosting goes first. |
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| Judging from the chocolate on her face, some cake must have found its way into her mouth as well. |
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| Opening presents with lots of help from Colton. Riley seemed more interested in the empty box than she was in what Colton had just taken out of it. |
I've mentioned in the past that our Magellan GPS has given us a lot of trouble. We've been through several, good and bad. My Z had a built in GPS that came to be called "Wrong Way Corrigan" for reasons that I won't go into. Kristen has a Magellan, "Maggie", in her car that has never given us a bit of trouble. Someone else must have programmed "Madge", our special RV edition Magellan. "Madge" has never gotten with the program.
On this trip, several people have mentioned that the best RV GPS on the market is made by Rand McNally. We've been waiting until we we're near a Camping World so we could get one. "Madge" is now officially retired. In here place we now have "Mac" (this one has a male voice), our Rand McNally GPS. Hope he works out better.
Tomorrow, we head East to Las Vegas.
Addendum: (Sunday morning) The big cats next door are roaring like crazy!
-JC-
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