Tuesday 11 May 2010

We left Las Cruces at 9:00 am (ET).

We bought gas in Van Horn Texa for $3.09 a gallon

Lunch was at Wendy's. We saw antelope between Valentine and Marfa. They were too far away for pictures except one that I did not see in time for us to stop.

We did manage to get a few pictures today. The Aerostat was in the air at the TARS station near Marfa Texas. I think when we past this before I called it an Aerodrome instead of an Aerostat. The Aerostat helps in drug detection.

We arrived at Davis Mountains State Park at 3:30 pm (ET). It is a shady park. All the full hookups were full. We were put in a handicap space, site #39. The only site that our trailer would fit in. The bath house wasn't much to speak of... very small for the number of campsites to use.

The trailer was very hot when we got set up, so we turned the ac on and went to see Historic Ft. Davis. It is a very nice museum. We could not cover it all in the 45 minutes we had to look at it. Many of the original structures still remain. There is a lot of walking to do there. They did seem to have a tour that was by golf cart.

The trailer was cooler when we got back to camp. We got a shower at the bath house and then ate a sandwich. I worked in my puzzle book and Frank rested the rest of the evening.

At dusk two mule deer strolled nearby our trailer. We went outside and watched a pair of vermilion flycatchers catch their meal... all the time wishing there was enough light to take pictures.

As we got ready for bed we heard a car horn. Frank opened the door and looked out. Oh my... how beautiful the sky was!

We finally had a night of no trains. Someone kept traveling up and down the road that goes by our campsite though. It seems there is always something to interfere with my sleep :-))

We traveled 269 miles today.