January 28, 2016 Crystal Palace Bakersfield, California

     Today we drove from Sacramento to Bakersfield, California. We got fuel at Costco @$1.99 a gallon. We are averaging 16 miles per gal. and that isn't too bad compared to what some people are paying. I fixed us ham sandwiches and veggies for lunch before we went to the "Crystal Palace". Kent wasn't interested in seeing all the Buck Owens memorabilia and it was close to his Star Bucks "frappe", so he dropped me off there and I had a great time taking a ton of pictures and eating in that beautiful ballroom and dancing on the large dance floor to the music of Buck Owens and other famous singers of the time. I really like Buck Owens & Dwight Yokum singing the "Streets of Bakersville".I was born to late to get in on the good old days of country music, I remember singing with my sister Jan and we did a fine job with those old country songs. Now we have karaoke with the music to sing those songs of long ago. Kent got lost picking up his frappe, so I had all the time I needed taking pictures and looking at everything. Maybe next time we go through here, we will stop for dinner and a show with music and dancing. They say the food is fantastic. We pulled into Palm Desert after dark staying in a parking lot of a casino. We had a good dinner there and played the slots for one hour.