Abilene to Pecos

Well, in spite of what I said yesterday, we do have wireless access here at the Trapark in Pecos, Texas. This is an Escapees park, a membership organization, and members can stay here for $10 a night. As a non-member I must pay $18.50 but that is the lowest rate we will pay on this trip! I will include a couple of pictures of the park and the coach. The spots are a little tight but we do have 50 amp power and full hook-ups so we won't complain.

Our drive today, 241 miles, was beautiful! We woke up to a rain shower that was hard enough to sound like hail and had a cloudy sky for the first 50 miles or so. By the time we passed Sweetwater, Texas, home of the great rattle snake round-up each year, we had sunny skies, no wind, and very light traffic. We made a fuel/lunch/weigh the coach stop at a TA station at the 177 mile marker. Our recent mileage was 7.25 MPG which isn't great but will have to do. We made a second stop at a rest area at mile marker 69 which left only a short 29 mile trip to the Trapark in Pecos.

Pecos, by the way, is the home of the "World's first Rodeo." They even have a Walmart which isn't bad for a town of less than 9,000 people. We will eat in again tonight. I had a terrific chicken fried steak and mashed potatoes last night and Tippy is making pork chops tonight. Tomorrow, in Las Cruces, we will go to a little Italian place we both like. There is also a Super Walmart there so Tippy will stock up on a few things we forgot about before we head into Arizona on Saturday. Enjoy the pictures and be safe.