Today was an R and R day….We decided to stay an extra day at Fort Clark RV Park. We got up early to take a walk while it was relatively cool..about 65 degrees. Then we came back for breakfast and laundry.
Fort Clark Springs is in Brackettville, Texas. It’s located on over 1600 acres. From the brochure:
Long a favorite Indian campground, Fort Clark was established on the banks of Las Moras Creek by the US Army in 1852. The fort played an important role in protecting a segment of the lower road from San Antonio to El Paso, and frontier settlers, from Indians and bandits. Virtually all US Cavalry units and many infantry lived, trained, or visited at Fort Clark while patrolling West Texas and the US-Mexico border. Military heroes of both the Union and the Confederacy served at Fort Clark. World War II Generals George Patton and Jonathan Wainwright were among notables who served at Fort Clark. The Fort was closed in 1946 and has since become a haven for those who seek peaceful recreation, resort and residential surroundings.
Now, the former fort is full of apartments, homes, land, an RV park, a huge spring fed pool, trails, trees, etc. There’s even a golf course!
Our morning walk in FT Clark
We went into town to find internet service, since the RV park’s internet isn’t working. While there Harris downloaded several caches. We tried! We honestly tried! We found one, sorta. We saw the container, located in the middle of some thorny bushes. So we counted it as found, but didn’t actually open it. Then we got skunked on about 3 more. We gave up and decided to cool down in the pool. It’s spring fed, and sun warmed…..to about 68 degrees. Which is actually a bit on the cool side, except that it was 90 degrees outside today. Judy plunged right in, but Harris took a little longer to get wet. Everyone said it would be refreshing, once in, and everyone was right.
One of many red birds we saw today
Wonderful lunch Judy made (red is in today)
(Oh, Harris did find one actual cache, in the picnic area by the pool…yea!)
We came back for drinks and an early dinner, and an air conditioned Howie. Judy loves being plugged in on these hot, hot days!
The swimming hole
Total miles today= less than 10
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