On March 12th we are off to Big Bend National Park. We are parked a few miles out of the park in the Big Bend Motel and Campground in Study Butte, Texas.
On March 13th the adventure begins.
Rain today with water in the draws.
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Friday, March 13, 2009
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Judge Roy Bean Museum
On Wednesday we went to Judge Roy Bean Museum at Langtry, Texas just a few miles from Seminole Canyon. Of interest Judge Roy Bean was smitten with an actress, Lillie Langtry. He even told her he named the town after her. (Actually was named for an engineer that built the railway through this town)
On the way back home we toured the Pecos River area where the Pecos and the Rio Grande meet. A dam on the Rio Grande backs the water up this river. The boat launch is the old highway.
And the desert is in bloom
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Seminole Canyon State Park and Historical Site
On March 10th we continued on to Seminole Canyon State Park. It was very warm when we arrived at 2:30 so Teri stayed behind and I went on the Guided Tour of the Historical Site.
The campground is rugged:
Some 4000 year old rock art:
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Off to Laredo, then to Crystal City
On Sunday we were going to go to Lake Casa Blanca International State Park, but when we finally found the entrance the lineup to get into the Park was long! So we look at the map and went 100 miles more down the road to a small city called Crystal City and found this beautiful campground 3 miles off the main highway along the Nueces River. We were only going to stay the night but stayed two.
Site 99 in Triple R RV Park near Crystal City, Tx
In front of the motorhome across the “lake” they feed the deer at dusk every evening.
On Monday we went to the town of Uvalde for a little site seeing. All the museums are closed, but the city has lots of old oak trees in the middle of the street.
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Friday, March 6, 2009
Falcon State Park
On Friday we arrived 90 miles up the Valley to Falcon State Park just north of the Falcon Dam on the Rio Grande River.
Windy and warm (above 90F.) we found the park is used for two activities, fishing or birding. We have no boat so we went birding.
We will be going up the valley on Sunday to Laredo, Texas.
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Thursday, March 5, 2009
Shopping trip to Mexico
On the 5th of March we went to Neuvo Progreso, Mexico for a look around a border town specializing in Dentistry and Eye Care and of course SHOPPING.
Teri actually enjoyed Mexico this time. We went in the morning and stopped for lunch on a second floor restaurant complete with live music and all the waiters in black and white suits. We both enjoyed our lunch and Teri did NOT get sick, unusual!!!!!
On the way to Mexico we ran into a sugar cane field being burnt.
Tomorrow we actually move 90 miles to a state park.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Museum of South Texas History
On March 1st we went to the Museum of South Texas History in Edinburg, Texas.
The museum has two facilities: a state of the art museum and the 1910 Old County Jail Annex. Exhibits explore geological origins, ancient cultures, Spanish exploration and ranching, the Mexican war and the Rio Grande. Also featured are a mammoth skeleton, a Coahuiltecan Indian camp and a walk-on steamboat.
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