Two nights ago, I was at a nice Army Corps of Engineer Campground where mule deer spent the early evening grazing around the campsites.
Today, I started early because the forecast was for high winds in the afternoon and the RV is just not fun to drive under those circumstances.
I headed west on I-10 and then drove south 25 miles to Ft. Davis, and got a campsite at the State Park. The weather finally started clearing and the winds picked up, but I decided to drive the 75 mile scenic Davis Mountains loop. It was a beautiful drive and I enjoyed seeing the sun and the mountains after the last three days of gloomy skies and flat scrubland.
I stopped briefly at the McDonald Observatory, but their tour was going to take three hours and that would not give me time to finish the scenic drive. I was going to take the self-guided tour, but when I made the turn to go to the telescopes, a big sign said NO RVs. Bummer.
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| The newest and largest telescope at 394". |
I finished driving the scenic loop through the mountains on the highest highway in Texas, encountering a short snow squall at the higher elevations, but returned to 50 degrees at the bottom and sunny skies.
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| Views of the Observatory with the older, smaller telescopes on the left |
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| Many warning signs about not driving through standing water with these gauges next to the road to show just how high the water can get from flash floods |
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| This formation is called Sawtooth |
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| The small downtown Fort Davis |
I returned to the State Park and set up camp, then took a walk around the park. No phone, no reliable internet, no tv here, but did find one NPR station so I could at least hear the news.
Incredible stargazing here because of the extra dark skies, but too windy and cold for me to enjoy the stars for long.
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