We left San Antonio yesterday mid morning. We are definately going to come back! Really impressed with the city and the campground. Also, we can't say enough about the friendly, helpful people that we have met on the road. Take yesterday, for example, we had stopped at a gas station to refuel and got talking to a gentleman that was heading in the opposite direction. He just happened to mention to us about a great little campground in Fort Stockton, Texas. What a find! It's really in the middle of nowhere and surrounded by dry scrub and cacti but was a pleasant surprise. It had a little cafe that only serves breakfast and supper with only about 5 selections on the menu. We each had the dinner special of mesquite ribs with mashed potaoes, beans, brown gravy (the other choice was white) and a slice of lemon loaf for dessert all for the sum of $7.95 each! And it was REALLY good! Then the bathrooms..... you opened the door thinkingyou are going to find a normal bathroom but it opened to a hallway with private baths on each side.... with tubs even!! Really cool!
The scenery has really changed... from lots of green around San Antonio to drier, flatter then to rolling and drier still.
Unfortunately it is very dry..... the cook at the cafe told us it hasn't rained there in about a year! We did see the smoke from some grass fires just south of us and then there were warning signs on the highway about smoke danger from the huge fires around Fort Davis which is also south of us. There is an observatory there that they were concerned about. So there was lots of haze and the odd time we could actually smell the smoke.
We drove through El Paso .... didn't realize how big it is! Saw lots of Border Patrol Police. We thought of you ,Amy, when you were on the Green Tortoise tour and tried to remember if you had followed the same route. It's very green there but we could see lots of irrigation being used. Lots of pecan orchards and it looked like lots of dairy also.
We are now in La Cruces, New Mexico enjoying another KOA campground for the next 2 days. We are situated on the top of a hill overlooking the city. What a view, especially after dark! I've tried to take some pictures but i know they won't do it justice.
They have a fenced "doggy playground" here. We turned Daisy loose with 2 other dogs. My oh my! the dust flew and everyone got along just ripping and tearing around! Daisy is now laid out in her bed with hardly enough energy to keep an eye on what we're doing!
Tomorrow we are going to venture into the city to visit the farmer's market that is every Wed. and Sat. Really looking forward to that!
It's really staring to look deserty now with mountains and lots of varieties of cacti!
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