Today is another birthday!

Alice is 8 years old today… happy birthday to a lovely energetic pretty girl!

Exeter California exploring the foothills of high sierras

We have found the heat again today 91*f 

Not a cloud in the sky just a heat haze 

We had a lazy start doing a ton of washing and then we set off. 

We went to the bigger town of Vestalia and then as we decided not to do any hairpin bends today we explored the foot hills in this area. 

The land is very flat up to the hills and is covered in acres of orange,lime and lemon trees in huge organised rows. 

There are vines and olives groves too in places.

We stopped for lunch in a little town called

Springville, at a Mexican restaurant. Ok Mmmm there was no other choice so I explained I can’t eat chillies and was given a chicken salad with guacamole and sour cream and enchiladas. It was so good.

We asked for coffee but were told they only did beer or wine…. So we had Diet Pepsi 😉

I didn’t take many photos as there were no stopping places or viewing points.

The area is very interesting to me to see all these orchards. We found the small towns are run down near the hills but smarter in the orchard areas.

Huge tall palm trees tower above the small fruit trees. It’s a desert area using underground water sources to irrigate the land.

We went back to the hotel at Essex and enjoyed the air conditioning it’s so hot outside and the heat will continue for several days. 

We travel to LA tomorrow only a 2 to 3 hour drive.