Officer's Row at Fort Davis
We woke up very early and decided to put some miles on before breakfast. It was weird driving in the dark. We decided we liked this view of eastern Texas very much….dark, with the hills sharply outlined in the slowly rising sun. It made the desert landscape seem to go by much easier.
Medical equipment
Match them up!
We stopped after a couple of hours and ate a quick breakfast, then drove on. Our big stop today was at the historic site of Fort Davis. This was a national historic site, so we decided to buy our annual national park pass while there. We walked into the visitor center, and asked the kind lady for an annual pass. We then had to listen to all the benefits of getting such a pass….yes, we knew this, we asked for one! Finally, she sold it to us, then gave us a map of the fort, marked the restored parts and let us go. We enjoyed walking around in the morning sun, seeing officer’s quarters, (one fully furnished, down to the silver and china on the table) the hospital, and the enlisted men’s barracks.
enlisted men's barracks
Then we drove and drove and drove through the desert landscape towards Big Bend National Park. This is in the extreme south east part of Texas, where the Rio Grande River bends, hence the name. Someone in Arizona had told us not to miss this park, so we came here, but honestly so far it doesn’t live up to our expectations. Perhaps because we have been seeing very similar topography the last week or so. Yes, there are “mountains”….hills more like. We’ve been up and down through a pass. High temp at the top was 85…down here where we’ve camped by the river, high temp was 95 today. We even ran the generator for a short time to run the air conditioning, trying to cool Howie down. It’ll be a warm night for sure!
Quilt AND Bakery in one stop!
We met a terrific couple from Connecticut, Peter and Karen, who are driving a Pleasureway van, although it’s not a Sprinter. So, of course we had to go talk to them. Turns out, they spend several months on the road, mostly to Florida and back. We asked them where they like to camp and they gave us several suggestions. We’re looking forward to checking them out when we go there.
Karen and Peter, fellow Pleasure Way owners
Vermillion Fly Catcher
Miles traveled today 258
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