So, as we were planning our trip through California we are trying to stay in as many Thousand Trails parks as we can, which is how we wound up in Acton. It is a very small town, not even one stoplight!! Just a few stop signs!

The park, Soledad Canyon, was okay and we managed to get a pretty good site, but it is right next to a train track. We lived next to a train track in Baltimore, so we didn’t think it would bother us, but there is a road crossing at the entrance and EVERY time a train crosses it, they have to blow their horn – apparently loudly and several times – AND EVEN AT 4:30 IN THE MORNING!!

There was one restaurant in town we did really like, the ’49er Saloon. Believe it or not, some of the best onion rings we’ve ever had. All their food was delicious and homemade!

We were also lucky to find a nice local winery, the Antelope Valley Winery. They have a farmers market there on Saturday so of course we HAD to go to that, and while there OF COURSE we had to do a wine tasting. We found a really nice wine we liked and bought a bottle for later!

Acton is about 10 miles from Palmdale, which is home to a large, and famous, Lockheed Martin plant called the Skunk Works. So of course Mike had to drive by (he retired from Lockheed Martin in Baltimore).

There are two small aircraft museums in town, right next to each other. One is the Joe Davies Heritage Airpark, which includes a variety of aircraft including a B-52 and a one of the 747 Space Shuttle transport planes. Right next door is probably one of the smallest Air Force Museums called the Blackbird Airpark that has three variants of retired US spy planes, two versions of the SR-71 and a U2.

It was nice to have a couple of weeks to relax after running like mad in LA, but we were glad when it was time to move on.