Outside of Ridgecrest

We made our second venture outside of Ridgecrest this weekend. We headed down to Bakersfield to see the sights and just to get out of the town for the day. Bakersfield is about 2 hours away but what we didn't expect was the gorgeous journey that the road would take us on. We decided to drive through Lake Isabella and through the wooded area. We climbed mountains and drove along the river. It was an amazing sight! We decided to take a stop to get some pictures and because the curvy roads and roller-coaster ride was really getting to Kim's stomach. It gave me the opportunity to climb down a little to get to the river and it gave Kim the opportunity to try out being a mom by lecturing me on being careful. All in all it was a good time and we were even able to go to Buck Owen's Crystal Palace which was a museum/restaurant that had stage in it for concerts. They had a lot of neat memorabilia on the wall and they even had a Cadillac that Buck Owens won in a poker game in Las Vegas that originally belonged to Elvis Presley. I hope the pictures do the actual environment justice. Too bad I couldn't include a sound clip of the rushing water to help to paint a better picture! Enjoy!