Not Too Sure About Texas

We managed to leave Edgington RV Park by 10am. It's a good time to start our travels because the morning traffic rush is over and we can have the roads fairly uncongested. The trip took us south on Hwy 54 through some very barren, uninteresting terrain. About 85 miles later, we crossed the border into Texas at El Paso.

The navigation through this huge city was relatively easy and soon we were in the foothills. The scenery improved dramatically! The hills were green with new growth and there were some interesting rock formations.


Traffic remained light, so we stopped at a couple of rest areas. In Texas, the rest areas are very nice. (so far)


They aren't huge, but we had no trouble finding a place to park right next to a covered picnic area. We stretched our legs and continued on. Soon, we crossed from Mountain time to Central time and instantly lost an hour. The day got shorter as we went instantly from 2pm to 3pm.

There are a few small towns on I-10 in west Texas. We stopped for diesel in Balmorhea and considered spending the night there. The price was right ($10) but the park was a wide open space with lots of wind and we had very poor phone reception. We can deal with most obstacles, however being able to stay in contact with family and friends is a high priority for us.

So we continued east until we came to Fort Stockton. It's a decent size town that we will explore more tomorow. Tonight, we are tired of driving and I found a park listed in our Passport America book for $10 a night. As we drove into the park, we weren't too impressed. We booked three nights because we didn't really want to be driving on Easter Sunday, then drove to our site.


Ouch!!! It's terrible. We had a heck of a time getting level and then discovered broken glass, nails and garbage everywhere. We cleaned up what we could and kept repeating it's only until Monday. Then the party at the neighbors started. Loud, obnoxious, rude are just a few of the words describing their antics. Despite the rules clearly stating "no open fires", they had a huge blaze next to their rundown rv. By 10:30pm they were really going strong and we are rethinking our stay here.


Unfortunately, this place will be getting very poor reviews from us.

OK....here's the deal......we are having a tremendous windstorm of 41mph winds. I can't upload any photos for this entry. But, if it all dies down tomorrow, I will add them to this blog post. Check back soon........