Last night, there was a nice zephyr blowing through my
window with the heavenly scent of the desert sage. It reminded me of all the camping I have done
at Lake Mohave and Lake Powell. It was
still dark when we got up and we had the beautiful twinkling of the city below
with the starry sky above. What a
picture!
With the location of this RV park, there really isn’t much
of a walking area. But the property is
quite large and the views are spectacular.
I figured I would walk around here then finish my walking later in the
day. One problem, I couldn’t find my
keys. Let’s think… I used them when I
put my sunglasses in the truck, then I came right back into Hannah. They have to be here somewhere… Now Spouse is involved… Maybe I should retrace my steps from
yesterday. I rewalked the property but
did not see my keys. They HAVE to be in
Hannah… Spouse is a grumbly mess. I know
they are here. I even check the
refrigerator! Spouse goes to retrace my
steps. Maybe another set of eyes will
help. Think… we were outside watching the sunset and Rudy
got tangled in a pile of straw and I had to bend over and contort myself to
free him. And there were my keys… Now I will forever have to listen to Spouse
and his ‘I told you to zip your waist pouch up’ for the rest of my married
life.
Now that the ‘keytastrophe’ is over, time to move on. Made a quick stop to top off the fuel (no gas buddy!!!) and another quick stop for a few things at the store (did you know that you cannot buy alcohol before noon on Sundays in Texas?), we headed onto 167. The highway runs through the Big Bend Ranch State Park. Every sign for the park heads up a dirt road. Hmmm, maybe later in the week. We pass grazing grounds and high desert scrub and begin to climb. It is a two lane road and we are the only ones on it. It turns, it goes up and down and the terrain is quite rugged. At times, we glimpse the Rio Grande River. We climb, we descend. At one point there is a 15% grade! We stopped and took a wee walk down to the river. I am so surprised it is this mountainous here. There was road construction in one spot with a bridge so narrow, I held my breath as we passed over it. I was glad Spouse was driving.
We descend the mountain into the town of Lajitas, and the
Maverick Ranch RV park, which will be our home for the next 5 days. We finally get to unhook Hannah and we almost
did a great job… After we set her up, we
realized that the steps to get in and out hover over a break in the
concrete. I predict one of us will break
something tripping over this. And just
our luck, the power in the RV park is broken and t will be out a couple of
hours. While other RVrs whined, Spouse
started our generator and our air conditioner.
Ha!
Then we left to explore Big Bend National Park. It is 17 miles to the West Gate, through
desert and more desert. Once inside the
park, there is even more desert (although so much of it was in bloom), and dirt
roads. We did some scouting of what we
want to do. Checked out the Panther Junction
visitor center then headed back. On the
way, we saw a restaurant that was open so the truck automatically pulled
in. Mediocre Mexican food seemed better
than cooking!
Back home, the power is on.
A nice shower and tonite we will watch the stars as this is a dark night
site.
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