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Texas Fantastic!

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  September 23, 2024 The last post we ventured north to Carlsbad Caverns, NM and the Guadalupe Mountains of Texas.  For this day trip out of Pecos we are going south to Ft. Davis and the Davis Mountains.  When the itinerary for this trip was put together, three months in advance, the plan was to visit the McDonald Observatory atop the Davis Mountains.  But fate intervened and the observatory was closed on the days we were in the area.  So we just enjoyed the historic fort and Davis Mountains State Park.  Which by the way we were planning on a restaurant meal at their lodge but we found out it had been closed for three years while being remodeled.  Oh, well.  Time for plan B. The last time we were at Ft Davis National Historic Site the visitor center was barely more than a shack with a few artifacts in it.  Not so now.  They have converted one of the old barracks buildings into a very nice visitor center and museum. New (to us) visitor center.  A conversion of an original barracks  buil
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Civilization Is Thinning Out

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Done with our battery upgrade in Georgetown, TX we are now off to more remote areas of Texas.  Our first layover as we head south is Ozona, TX.  Just a wide spot in I-10 but the RV park fits our needs for the night and the donut shop makes a great apple fritter.  From Ozona we drifted a little further west to Pecos, TX.  We'll spend four nights here at an Escapees park, using it as our base camp for day tripping to National Parks.  We're in a straight row of 14 pull-thru RV pads and we pretty much have the place to ourselves.  We only had another overnighter twice in our four nights.  Pecos is all about oil.  There were dozens of RV parks, most of them with covered RV pads to protect the long-term residents from the scorching sun and fierce wind, and they were full.  Then there are the thousands of tiny homes and work camps with barracks-like living quarters.  All catering to oil field workers. Tra-Park, an Escapees members park in Pecos, TX is centrally located for our sightse
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Onward to Texas!

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  After a most pleasurable three night stay in Pendleton Bend, AR we're back to getting some miles in heading west.  We're entering Texas and we have an extensive list of things to do over 19 nights.  Our normal day's driving distance has brought us to Texarkana and the Sunrise RV Park. Sunrise was a big, flat, gravel roads and RV pads.  Getting parked and level was a breeze but there is a noticeable rise in temperature from our previous days.  We took both vehicles into town and found fuel at very attractive prices.  Both gasoline and diesel under $3/gal. Next stop, The Trails at Lavender Road, Tyler, TX.  Staying two nights here to visit with a friend from high school.  The park and our friend's property are north of Tyler, just on the north side of I-20.  Again we are in a dirt and gravel park.  Hoping it doesn't rain while we are here, looks like things could get real muddy in a hurry. Tyler, for it's metropolitan size of 110,000, has an impressive amount of
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