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The summers at Arvin are forever unbearably hot. In the 1950’s the lawns at the DiGorgioCountyPark were watered via flood irrigation and the kids would always watch the maintenance crew as they prepared each section of their lawn for watering. The water was usually only nine to twelve inches deep, but it was cool as you swam on your hands and knees, splashing and playing tag in the water, until it began soaking into the sandy soil. The maintenance tender would eventually chase you out, because you were messing up their wet grass and making a muddy mess.    Several times per year the parks and recreation would sponsor bus trips for afternoon swim outings where you could, for 75 cents, ride in a big yellow school bus, to the closest school swimming pool.  This was at the Rio Bravo Elementary school, which is about 30 miles from Arvin on the southwest edge of Bakersfield. The DiGorgio Ranch Labor Camp, about five miles north, also had a...
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