My Life and Travels
We left Big Bend and headed toward the big house, 223 miles today.
At Big Bend we were 2244 miles from the big house, 1345 from Atlanta, GA and 1904 Washington DC.
Campsite picture
I am updating this post in directly into WordPress so I can put pictures into galleries. The app I use on my Ipad does not have a gallery option.
We are Rio Grande Village Campground in site 62.
I made a wrong turn while looking for a campsite and had to drive through the tent area, I now know the bracket I put on front of the cellphone signal booster works.
Think we will stay here until at least Monday 10/28.
Still on our way toward Big Bend National Park, 356 miles today. Up early tomorrow with a goal of getting a site in the park. We still have 89 miles to the campground. Filled up with water this evening and we will dump holding tanks when we get to the park.
I did learn from our trip to Death Valley last spring, reset the satellite TV’s location location this evening so we will have the three major networks while at Big Bend ( don’t think we will have cell service).
Today was south to Fort Stockton for more history. The main part of the old town is pretty well closed up however they have saved a bunch of their history.
They spent a million dollars buy the land from the old fort and rebuild some of the buildings.
The guardhouse was one of the only builds left from the original fort.
The museum in town is in one of the original hotels.
We have one of these at home which Jack has been using.
Fort Stockton museum talked about the cattle and how they helped to make the area grow.
This museum has been recently redone with all new displays and a lot of technology. They have a lot of touch screens that show videos about people who started and built the oil business in the area.
This was a display showing where all the oil came from millions of years ago.
Lot of beautiful paintings.
Information about the oil companies that started here.
Equipment they used to use to drill wells and to they get it out of the ground.
Also had an amazing section of crystals.
It was a good 3-4 hours here.
Moved out of Odessa looking for a nicer place to stay.
The sites are really close but at least it is not a parking lot, site 26.
Before we went looking for a new campsite we went to the Presidential Archives and Leadership Library.
We spent 2 and a half hours reading a lot of the information they have displayed about the presidents and their actions while president.
Painting and a informational plaque for every president.
Paintings of all the First Ladies and a ton of more information. The focus is how the presidents lead the nation during it’s many difficult times.
This was a cool painting of all the presidents.
Closer look at the right side of the painting. I know I could have taken a much better pictures. Anyway, this is a place I’d like to go back to if come back through here.
We are in Odessa, got to be someplace. Only a couple of RV parks in town one full with monthly people, one never returned a call and the review on the third says they give you a case of water when you check in for drinking and cooking. We are spending the night at the Ector County Exp grounds, flat 20 amp electric. Tomorrow afternoon we’ll move west of town to a state park, Monahans Sandhills State Park.
Today’s drive
On our way to Odessa, Texas.
Spending the night at a rest stop 7 miles east of Van Horn, Texas
Today’s drive.
Campsite
