Wow.  I had no idea.  In the past, we have asked around about cool places to visit that are nearby.  Kern Canyon had come up a couple times, but for whatever reason I hadn't given it much thought.

On Saturday, we packed up lunch, and headed out on 178.  I was pleasantly surprised at how close and how beautiful it is out there!  On top of that, we actually really love that kind of weather too, rain clouds and temps in the 70s.  I love going to the coast, but even that almost seems to costly a trip now with gas over four bucks, so its nice to know there is another beautiful getaway so close by. 

Bakersfield is growing on me.  The city has a bad rap, which I heard repeatedly from people before moving here, but I think its got such a great location to be in so many different types of places within 2 hours or less.

Anyways, all that is to say I think I've found my new 'getaway' place.