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Bakersfield, located on Highway 99 in California’s Central San Joaquin Valley, sits on what was once a Tule reed congested bug-ridden malarial swamp. Today, it is California’s eleventh largest, and most conservative, city. This growing metropolis, and one of the sunniest cities in the continental United States, is often bypassed by people heading for a camping adventure in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park, for a whitewater rafting expedition on the Kern River, hiking the trails in the Sequoia National Forest or for those in search of the Sodom and Gomorrah known as Los Angeles. Nevertheless, necessity sometimes requires a place to rest your head for the night, and there are few better loca
tions in Bakersfield than the River Run RV Park.
Music fans familiar with the city’s “Country & Western” roots and its innovative “Bakersfield Sound” can take in a show at the Buck Owens’ Crystal Palace. Meanwhile, the outdoor adventurer can test themselves on the one major bike trail in the area, known as Toad’s Wild Ride, located eight miles east of Bakersfield just off the 178 at Hart Park (part of the Kern River County Park). There is also Trout & Bass fishing at this location. If you enjoy Water Sports follow Highway 178 east to Lake Isabella (approximately 1 hour from Bakersfield) and the Silver City Ghost Town or continue on Highway 155 to the Kern River and the small town of Kernville for hiking, fishing, inner tubing, rafting and kayaking.
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