Silent Valley RV Park near Banning CA

We have a nice shade tree and a big camping spot

Restaurant,bar and store in RV Park

Catfish Pond at Silent Valley RV Park

We spent a rather restless night in Coalinga last night without airconditioning. Something wrong with it. It's the first time I can remember sleeping with the door open all night. It finally cooled off enough by 4AM to turn the fan off and pull up the sheets. Got an early 7AM start just as the sun was coming up and pointed south.... first I-5 through a most dismal area of California...miles and miles of dried brown grass interupped occasionally by rows of almonds or walnuts and every mile a sign stating "stop the Congress created dust bowl!"  then onto the NASCAR Expressway..oh wait that was I -215 skirting around L.A. through Pasadena.... to our current RV park up in the hills above Banning..about 10 miles from Idllywild and 40 miles from home.

This park is huge. There are two sections...family and adult. We are near the adult rec center which has a pool,hot tub,pool tables, big screen TV's and snack bar...The property also has a full blown restaurant,bar and store. We snagged a pull through spot with a giant shade tree overhead. It turned out to be a plus as our AC is still on the fritz. In addition,there are gi-normous squirrels here...at least 3 feet long...I'm sure they are up to no good..I spotted a couple of feral cats which I hope will patrol our campsite tonight as we will be sleeping with the door open again..

Tomorrow we will make a trip to Ivey Ranch and turn on the gas and water...make sure the AC is working (!) uncover the furniture and unload all of our winter clothing that we will not need again for awhile. I want to check my garden and maybe put out the feeder for The Dude (Hummingbird) to see if he has returned from his vacation yet. We are scheduled to stay in this RV park until Saturday but I'm guessing we won't last that long. The lure of a king bed,50" big screen, A/C  and our shaded patio may just win out over extra days of camping.