Swimming in the Upper Kern first thing before heading to town. As we drove down the canyon we could smell all of the campers' breakfasts cooking. The sweet smell of pancakes and bacon while passing one campground. Then sausage at the next. One campground smelled really bad of burnt bacon. Not very appetizing.
We bought a sweet walla walla onion, some green onions for grilling, summer tangerines, and a mix of cooking greens during our morning visit to the farmers market. Then it started to get really hot again.
Everyone is talking about this record heat wave. Ugh. We decide to try to get up in the mountains as soon as possible. But before we can drive up to 9200 feet, we have some things to do down in Kernville at 4000 feet.
We stopped by the rafting shop to get a map for mountain biking the Cannell Trail.
Lunch at the Kern River Brewing Company. Burgers and beer sampler out on the shaded patio felt like 105 degrees but was supposedly only 98. Weather report says it will reach 108 today and tomorrow. Yikes!
Lets get out of the heat! Back up the river to jump in and cool off. Then drive up to Sherman Pass where the pines and spruce will shade us from the sun.
Camped up in the spruce trees and enjoyed a firey orange sunset. We got all of our bike gear together to get ready for our big bike trip the next day. Since it is our first bike trip like this we had to make sure we could pack everything we need on the two bikes and the trailer, while saving room for Juniper to ride in the trailer. We practiced pulling her around the campsite and taught we how to jump in to her spot. Went to sleep early so we could wake up at 5:30 am for the shuttle ride.
