Blogs from Fort Stockton, Texas, United States, North America

Howdy! We are still in Texas. My good friend Sue reminded me that I neglected to say that we spend a few days in Houston where we had the pleasure of having a fabulous lunch with my good friend of 50 + years, Sue and her wonderful husband Ken. That was a wonderful treat! Tonight we are the Fort Stockton RV Park in Fort Stockton, Texas. The park is wonderful and has a little cafe which opens for breakfast and dinner and the food was great! Tomorrow we will move on to El Paso! Have a great night!... read more

We left the park at 8:00AM and 69 degrees. We had thunderstorms and rain most of the trip but it cleared about an hour from our destination. Speed limit increased to 80mph but I set the cruise on 75mph thinking that was fast enough. Also, fuel mileage really decreases above 70mph. Of course that means everyone else is driving 85-95. No traffic and no cities, just open desert land. We passed a field of blacked faced sheep, huge mesas and buttes, lots of rock, scrub brush and cactus. Windmill farms and pumping oil rigs everywhere. The town where we are located has a population of 489 and we’re staying at Balmorhea State Park, just east of the I-10/20 split. This is the location of the world’s largest spring-fed swimming pool, which covers 1.75 acres and ... read more

Our first Trip together west and south on 67 proved uneventful until about McCamey. Speed limit is 75 and Steve took eight more. Nice young trooper pulled us over with an old trooper riding shotgun. Made Steve get outta the van and got close enough to smell his breath. Made him wait and came up to my window and asked me to give him Steve's driver's license. I had on my cute little hooking apron with all my pins and buttons. He looked at it quizzically and I told him I was a hooker. He smiled. Then he asked me where we were headed, where were we planning to stay the night and where were we going ultimately. I told him Sedona was the final destination. He asked me what we were gonna do there. (getting ... read more

Temps in Fort Stockton plenty hot this coming week ranging from 79 today to 89 this coming Wed. The BBOOR takes place today , starting in less than an hour from now. BBOOR is the Big Bend Open Road Race. This road race is one of 4 similar events held in US each year. Highway 285 from Fort Stockton to Sanderson will be closed til the race is over. If you enter you need to pass a training course. We walked around and viewed all the cars on display yesterday. There were over 100. That was from 4 til 5:30. This was followed by a parade of the cars on the main road here in Fort Stockton. The drivers and the navigators threw gum during the parade and kids scrambled to pick these up! A ... read more

Texas Tough! Driving from San Antonio to Fort Stockton you first pass through Texas “Hill Country” It is very broken scenery alternating between rolling hills and patchy flatlands covered with brown wild grasses and rocky outcroppings; it is dry and sparse until the hills appear covered with pecan, oak and sumac. There are also rivers and streams. The Hill Country gives way to “El Despoblado” the place of desolation, christened so by the Spanish. It is harsh and dry and it makes me think of Clint Eastwood in High Plains Drifter. I can picture the Comanche shooting arrows down the pass at the wagons attempting to pass through. There will be no fishing here John. I know those cowboys had to be tough to drive cattle through this country for sure. Reputation for toughness restored! There ... read more