Driving Off The Edge Of The Planet

Day 16 - San Antonio TX to Fort Stockton TX
315 Miles

We left in fog and it didn't clear up for a couple of hours. When it lifted, it started to warm up...a LOT!
The trees and hills of the SA area gradually gave way to much flatter land and much, much less color.

This has always been my least favorite stretch of highway on trips...scenic NOT. It's just that it goes on for such a long way with practically nothing to see. This is even more painful for a Rhode Island native who grew up thinking that more than a 15 minute ride was a quite a journey! In fact, the last time we came through Texas I begged to go a different way and we went through, Dallas and Amarillo. We would have gladly skipped this whole area in we didn't have to go to Phoenix.

We pulled in for a site a little early, around 3:30pm. It's always a good idea to get a spot for the night when you're in an isolated area, the next town with a KOA was two hours away...if that town is full, you're screwed.
It was pretty warm when we got out of the RV to register, but when I got into the car to unhook it, was surprised to see the thermometer registering 97 degrees!



So the early pull off allowed us to do some maintenance. Molly got her bath and the toilet pipes got cleaned with a long wand type thing attached to the hose...kind of like a douche for the toilet holding tank. Quite a visual, huh?


We took a little 10 minute ride into 'town' to see what it looked like. Um...not much. Got a picture in front of the fort that the town is named for.


I also included a few shots of what it looks like from the campsite, a nasty cactus to bump into and a little statue of a BIG rabbit that's in front of the campsite. First time I passed by it, the darn thing nearly scared me to death! I thought it was real for a second -- a Jackalope?








Another easy, healthy dinner of a rotisserie chicken, some of those wonderful asparagus, baked sweet potato, and sweet corn. Dessert was an orange...*IF* you want to call that dessert.
Used mucho gallons of gas today, tank is almost empty...It's gonna take a 'BIG GULP' to satisfy it tomorrow. Oh joy...said dripping with sarcasm.