Abilene, Texas

Sunday, March 25, 2012 Day 287

Another clear, beautiful morning. Harris took a picture of the sunrise before we took a walk down a country road.

Country roads have horses watching us go by.

And in Texas, the country roads have oil pumps too. To us they look like dinosaurs, or some other strange creature.

Harris is really enjoying taking country roads, because there is very little traffic and he can putz along at 55 which gives us great gas mileage.

The sign over the door reads, "Newspaper office"...no official name for the newspaper, just the noun.

Country roads sometimes take you through little towns like this one, with a sign that wants you to know it's "A genuine Texas town"...as opposed to what? a fake town?

We stopped for one attraction in Abilene...a museum called "Frontier Texas!". It's an interesting place, trying to tell the story of the Texas frontier from the years between 1780 and 1880. It uses videos, displays and holograms to tell stories of explorers, pioneers, Indians, slaves, military men, cowboys and ranchers. It was a great place to visit!

Sunset found us at an RV place called Coffee Creek RV, in a town called Santo, not too far from Ft. Worth.
Total miles driven today=209 (gas mileage is almost 26mpg when driving 55mph)
Harris is a confirmed convert to "slower is better"!