January 7, 2021 Still in Texas

Van Horn RV Park Van Horn, Texas

I had a great walk through the Kerrville Park and onto the River Trail.  I wish we had known about this 6-mile paved hiking/biking path yesterday.  It would have been a nice place to cycle.  I saw a few deer and only saw one other person out enjoying the cool, crisp morning. 

We rode/drove 373 miles today…our fourth big driving day in a row.  Route 10W in Texas is 880 miles.  It crosses the very widest portion of the state.  We have been in Texas for days…but we will cross the New Mexico line tomorrow.

Up until today, Tim had driven all of the more than 1,000 miles from Atlanta.  This afternoon, he suggested that I take an opportunity to drive for a while, to practice.  The road was good and straight and the traffic was light.  I contributed 85 miles today!  I wasn’t nervous this time and I think I did just fine!  I even passed a tractor trailer!

The Texas DOT was pretreating the roads.  They are expecting wintry weather this weekend in the higher elevations in Central Texas.

The landscape began to change today.  It was more mountainous, rocky, and scrubby.

We arrived in Van Horn after 4pm. We took an evening walk.  The alligator was in the middle of his pond.  He has a chilly night coming.  The forecast is for 31 degrees.

We passed this bush full of house sparrows.  They are plain brown birds but they engage in social singing we could hear the music of beautiful birdsong as we walked by.

A simple eggs and toast and applesauce dinner and that is the end of this day!