Tom and Jen bought a truck camper.
Day 162: 277 North Campground, Amistad National Recreation Area, TX Sunny and mild. ChurchWe got up early enough and got nerve enough to walk into a Lutheran church with one car in the parking lot in Del Rio. All six of us worshipers went through the liturgy, complete with communion, and singing all the verses... Continue Reading →
Day 161: Chisos Basin Campground, Big Bend NP, TX Sunny and cool. We saw two javelina in the wild today! On our drive out of Big Bend. Also saw some pronghorns, roadrunner, quail, deer, a very large bird, and a dead coyote. No time to take pictures! In Langtry we went to the free Judge... Continue Reading →
Day 160: Rio Grande Campground, Big Bend NP, TX Windy and warm. Here in Big Bend there is a hot springs you can soak in. It was a business 60 to 100 years ago, and now it is a free hike-in spot. The springs are literally on the Rio Grande, literally on the US-Mexico border.... Continue Reading →
Day 159: Chisos Basin Campground, Big Bend NP, TX Partly cloudy and warm. We are going east through Big Bend National Park and seeing lots of roadrunners crossing the road, and we saw lots of ringtail scat here. We went as far as the east side of Big Bend and secured a campsite at Rio... Continue Reading →
Day 158: Grassy Banks Campground, Big Bend Ranch State Park, TX Sunny and warm. I am happy to report that no one tried to get into this country during our Grassy Banks border watch last night. Not even a deer. There was however a lot of critter activity around our campsite, as evidenced by scat... Continue Reading →
Day 157: Davis Mountains State Park, TX Sunny and mild. On our way to Big Bend Ranch State Park we drove through 50 miles of this, Rio Grande on our right, Mexico beyond. There is no border wall here. The ranger at the park said the terrain is too rough to attempt an illegal crossing... Continue Reading →
Day 156: Davis Mountains State Park , TX Sunny and cool. Once again I judged something too quickly. I wasn’t interested in visiting an old fort named for Confederate President Jefferson Davis. We were driving by on our way to the library when I noticed how nice the fort’s buildings looked in the morning sun.... Continue Reading →
Day 155: Licon Dairy, San Elizario, TX Sunny and cool. We bought some asadero cheese at the Licon Dairy, just made this morning, and made quesadillas for breakfast. This is a white, mild, melting cheese that makes a very nice quesadilla. The Licon Dairy was a very pleasant place to spend the night. We visited... Continue Reading →
Day 154: Guadalupe Mountains National Park, TX Sunny in the east, dark clouds in the west, and extremely windy. The sun won out. The rain stayed over the mountains. But the wind was the chief weather concern. A Sobering EventWe had just left the Frijoles Ranch, still in the Guadalupe Mountains National Park, when around... Continue Reading →
Day 153: Brantley Lake State Park, NM Cloudy, windy and chilly. Well, using the mobile hotspot on the last night of our plan did not work, because our plan is still on Michigan time. So we watched movies until midnight, but the plan changed over at 10 PM, and now I’ve already used 25% of... Continue Reading →
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