We spent much of the day today hiking and breaking rocks at the Rockhound state park. Alesa saw it on the travel channel and has been looking forward to it ever since. We gathered about five pounds of rocks, some of them gem quality, but we will probably never polish them. We had a late lunch
Trip Log
May 10, 2007
We left Alpine and went through Fort Davis and wound through the Davis mountains by the McDonald Observatory. We picked up I10 and then followed the Rio Grande to El Paso. We decided we had enough of big cities so decided not to stay in El Paso but went through Las Cruces to Deming, New Mexico.
May 9, 2007
This morning we walked to the east of the campground to the river. We saw javelinas (peccaries, pig-like), jackrabbits, roadrunners, odd insects and birds. We left camp at about 11 and drove to Alpine, about 130 miles. We arrived at the Lost Alaskan RV park at about 2. We had some rain while
May 9, 2007
Beautiful but remote. The entrances to the park are 70 to 80 miles from any town of any size. The visitor's center is 20 miles from either gate and the the campground is another 20 miles from the v.
May 9, 2007
We left San Angelo this morning and hope we have left the threat of tornados behind. We went through Eldorado, Fort Stockton and Marathon on our way. It was mostly desert but much of it was in bloom. We saw a windmill farm, a giant roadrunner statue and lots of Texas. Big Bend was was a sur
May 6, 2007
We left Denton this morning and travelled through Abilene and arrived at the KOA in San Angelo at 3:30. The weather was good but we had a stong headwind all the way. We are again dealing with Tornado and Thunderstorm warnings but it is all north and west of us. We had a formation of about 12 h
May 5, 2007
This morning we went to my dad's for breakfast. Norma cooked us a very good Texas breakfast and we visited and showed pictures. Alesa was treated to a free makeover from one of their neighbors, we walked around his lake a few times and then took them and their neighbors to the trailer. We then
May 4, 2007
We left at about 10 this morning and arrived in Denton at about 3:30. The trip went well and we took Texas back roads for the last 70 miles. They were fine until we hit mall construction in Denton. We set up at the Post Oak RV park, ate dinner and then went to see my dad. We are making an ear
May 3, 2007
We like the RV park we are in so much that we decided to visit and stay another night. I (Jerry) had spoken with my Dad on Tuesday and said we would visit him in Denton in 2 or 3 days. We have already made reservations at Post Oak Place in Denton for Friday and Saturday night. Today we slept l
May 3, 2007
We traveled on 90 - 271 - 71 and stopped north of Cincinnati at dinnertime to rest and miss the rush hour traffic. One of the tires on the RV looked low and I checked the pressure and it was about half of what it should have been. We went to the next exit and filled the tire but saw the head o