Hi to everyone!!
On October 27th we visited historic Fort Worth by taking the train and the bus to the old Fort Worth Stockyards, with its museums, western stores for boots and clothes, restaurants and even a twice daily main street walk of Texas Longhorns and the good old cattle drive complete with a lead cowboy and several drovers. Later in the day we used the excellent free transportation system to meet Ben and Birgitta at the airport as they came to join us on part of our trip. Ken Hardy from Trans Link could learn a lot by checking out a place like Dallas/Fort Worth.
The next day we left Dallas and headed towards San Antonio, but as we were passing Austin we stopped and did our own tour of the Texas State Capital building. It is a magnificent structure, under what seems to be constant renovation costing many millions. While there we had a look at the pictures of past Governors, which included several known to us like George Bush, Ronald Reagan and John Connolly. Davy Crockett was also a pretty famous fellow in the State building. After this self guided tour it was off to a camp site for the night then on the San Antonio the next morning where KOA welcomed us. After a quick check in we went golfing at Willow Springs nearby and after the game took the bus into the City to see the Fort associated with the Alamo, do the river cruise, walk about the river front and have dinner at an Irish Pub type restaurant. A beautiful city, with a wonderful warm climate and many visitors.
Next day our journey continued as we headed for Arizona via Highway 10, which took us to higher elevations and past the Caverns of Sonora. It was a very hot with temperatures of 34 degrees so we did not tour the Caverns as the owner said it would be a 2 hour walk and that it would be hot and humid in the caves. We continued on after a long day and 450 miles later pulled into the KOA at Van Horn, not far from El Paso. Ocober 31 st we played a free game of golf at the Mountain View Golf Course in our costumes. Later we travelled through El Paso and finally out of Texas into New Mexico where we drove by the largest feedlot dairies ever seen by any of us. There were at least 4 large farms, each with thousands of head of Holsteins and a smell to match. We reached Deming, New Mexico where many retired folks gather at camp grounds from northern USA and Canada. Tomorrow we are off on another adventure making our way towards Mesa, Arizona.
Keep warm and happy!
Bob and Csrol
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