Road trip....day 2 & 3.. TEXAS

Leaving Las Cruses, NM you enter Texas 25 miles down the road……..Now “big” doesn’t begin to describe a state that we will travel for 880 miles across interstate 10 in the next two days. From El Paso, Juarez Mexico, is a cannon shot over the Rio Grande River; which is now a mere trickle of water that separates Texas from the Mexican border.

Juarez, Mexico
Beyond El Paso, Texas becomes a land wide open. For hours, the flatlands prevail with buttes surrounding the horizon where civilization pops up every few hundred miles to beckon the weary traveler to exit and get gas. Fort Stockton is one of those places……

Fort Stockton welcomes you with these figures propped up on opposite sides of the highway.

Most of all the soldiers garrisoned at Fort Stockton from 1867 until 1886 were Buffalo Soldiers of the 9th and 10th Cavalry Regiments. Surmounting obstacles of harsh living conditions, low pay, and racial prejudice, they gained a reputation for tenacity and bravery. Stationed continuously on the frontier during the years of Indian hostility, they played a major role in the settlement and development of America's western frontier.

And now, the new frontier is renewable energy, and these are everywhere you look!

replacing these.........

Traveling east on I-10, you eventually reach the hill country of Texas where trees and more populated areas come into view. Places like Kerrville, Fredricksburg, New Bramfels, and Bandera are the suburbs of western San Antonio. We will hold up here for the night, although, we are a little anxious as this is where we had car problems last year and were delayed in our journey by three days. A lovely place to brake down, but an anxious, expensive memory for sure.

Nice bunkhouse.......

Tomorrow we will pass through San Antonio and Houston. Two great cites to visit, but hellish to drive through. A real nail bitter for Ada and a day Donald would like to have Ada packed in the trunk. Thankfully, it's Saturday and we won't be sharing the highway with as many trucks; the only good thing about the next 400 miles..........