Los Angeles, California
The 12th of November dawned brilliantly fine again as we drove north-east from Oceano through extremely dry hill country obviously suffering from a prolonged drought.
On our trip across the plains areas, where irrigation water was available ,we saw fruit and nut crops growing on a huge scale. We passed through the uninspiring Bakersfield ,and as we drove further into the mountains the scenery changed to vast, dry desert with the only vegetation being tumbleweeds...