May 12: Fully loaded with bicycle parts, tubes and extra bicycles, off we go to be support team for Carrie and Jerry in their cross-country trek to their cabin on Crooked Creek south of Flippin, Arkansas. Foretelling of things to come we wound up going in the wrong direction on a California freeway. Finding a means to turn around proved to be quite an experience. Needless to say this was done with much concern on both of our parts. Our travels on the first few days took us generally through the San Joaquin Valley of central California. It is amazing how much of our food supply is grown here. Most of it appears to be part of a mega-farm operation, no doubt run by corporations. We arrived at Los Banos, CA (Spanish for “the toilets) in time to get camp set up for the weary cyclists. Somehow we missed finding our charges on the road even though we traveled the same roads. Turns out they had lunch in an orchard and at the time we passed the orchard they were having lunch. 
Lunch in the orchard
Our lovely campsite was in a grassy area, shaded by Eucalyptus trees in the county fairgrounds. It is not uncommon for fairgrounds to accommodate RV parking during the non-fair seasons. This fairground was well managed by a full time staff and was kept in pristine condition. We were pleasantly surprised, as not all fairgrounds are this well managed.
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