C&C Retirement Adventure, Volume 3, Texas

We left the WinStar Casino RV Park around 9:30 a.m.  For those of you who know Corky and his penchant for waking at the crack of dawn and getting going right away, you'll be glad to know he has mellowed a lot with 2 years of retirement behind him!!!!  We leave when we are ready to leave.  No hurrying, no stress.  Of course, the fact that this is our third adventure and we are becoming more experienced in RV life may have something to do with it.  Or it could be because we have no self-imposed deadline to arrive anywhere.  Or maybe it's the pleasant weather.  Or no mechanical problems that we couldn't handle.  Regardless, this has been a good trip so far.

Our overnight stay was in Big Springs, Texas at the Whip-In RV Park. Not quite as fancy as the WinStar but a comfortable Park.  On Tuesday, we continued southeast on I-20 skirting the edges of Midland and Odessa which I found to be less than picturesque.  Scrapped oil tanks, pipes and other rusty equipment dotted the landscape for miles.  (I didn't take any shots of the littered areas--apologies to followers who have a soft spot for SW Texas).

Perhaps a different route would have given us a better perspective.  At any rate, we put the area in our rear view mirrors and headed toward the mountains.

We arrived in Alpine, Texas at the Lost Alaskan RV Park about 1:30.  WOW what a difference in the landscape.  Alpine lies at the southern edge of the Davis Mountains not far from Big Bend National Park.  According to the brochure provided by the Park's hosts, "The town was originally established as Murphyville in 1883.  The name was changed to Alpine in 1888 to reflect the beauty of its natural surroundings in the 'Alps of Texas.'"

Currently we are taking it easy, having a little lunch and discussing our plans for the next few days.  We've decided to stay here in Alpine until Thursday as high winds are forecast for tonight and tomorrow.  Hope they calm down by Thursday when we will head for Lajitas, TX and the Maverick Ranch Golf and RV Resort.  Their website describes a nice RV park and an associated hotel, restaurant and lots of activities.  They have reduced their site fees making it very tempting to stay over Christmas.

Hope you are all staying warm!  We are.  Later.