Wednesday, December 30, 2015
Today we moved from Fort Stockton to Anthony, TX just north of El Paso and still in TX.
There was snow on some of the mountains as we were driving towards El Paso.
This snow covered mountain was in the distance while we were still at least 70 miles from El Paso.
Here we are at the Anthony/El Paso West KOA. It is another large gravel parking lot without any trees. The sites are wide and mostly level. Just fine for an overnight stay.
We are parked
facing North and we can see the Organ Mountains from here. The Organ
Mountains are East of Las Cruces, NM about 45 miles North of us. I
believe the mountains get their name because of the spires that look
like a pipe organ.
These are the Franklin Mountains just east of the RV park.
These are also the Franklin Mountains east of us as the sun is setting.
This is our sunset tonight. Good night to all.
Tuesday, December 29, 2015
Well we got to leave San Angelo. The ice on the road had melted as of this morning. We waited until 11am to leave. On our route to Fort Stockton, there was an area with slush on the road. We got to the Hilltop RV Park about 2:30pm.
It's hard to tell but this mural at the entrance to the RV park is very well done.
Cute office. The blowup RV door actually opens and Santa Claus pokes his head out. Too cute!
These are the 3 metal Mexican mariachi’s in front of the office.
This communal fire pit is next to the office also.
More metal hombres out front.
Love this metal donkey! The area around the office is decorated well.
Each site is mostly level with a small pad and picnic table. The roads and sites are caliche. There are not any trees, but then again we are out in West Texas.
This is I-10 headed west. We will be heading West to El Paso tomorrow.
The "Indian Scouts" metal art is across the highway from the RV park where we are staying. This greets people heading east on I-10 at the edge of Fort Stockton.
We are blessed with another beautiful sunset this evening.
The "Indian Scouts" at sunset.
Thank you Lord for our safe travels today and blessing us so much!!
Friday - Sunday, Dec 25 - 27,2015
Christmas day we went out to my brother's ranch and enjoyed the day with them. We got to see them at dinner the evening before but now we could spend time visiting.
My brother rented this backhoe and is digging caliche to be used to resurface his road. It is 3 miles from the county rural road back to his house. Lots of work.
The day after Christmas, we drove to Midland to visit with my Step-mom. She is a special lady. My bad, I did not take any pictures while we were there. We drove back and were home by 4:30 pm.
The weather forecast is for thunderstorms, ice and snow starting late Saturday evening and going into Monday. We had originally planned to leave on Sunday, but the weather has changed our plans. We now plan to leave on Tuesday.
This is looking out a front living room window early Sunday morning. It looks foggy, but it is sleeting and snowing. Can you see the deer?
The 2 pictures above and the one to the left were all taken about 3pm Sunday afternoon.
We are glad we decided to stay put. The roads west (the direction we are headed) are supposed to be icy. Hopefully roads will be cleared by Tuesday. Monday and Tuesday are supposed to be sunny days with temps in the 40s.
Even though today is Sunday, I don't expect any more pictures.
Thursday, December 24, 2015
Tic got us early the next morning so get this picture of our current home site. Another beautiful morning!
Our storage sea container is here in San Angelo, so we dropped off and picked up a few things. We spent some time rearranging how things are stored in the bays.
After lunch we decided to take a long walk through the park.
We were disappointed because they recently had a controlled burn throughout the park. It was not pretty in a lot of places.
This is a no longer used road showing the burning on the road and along side the road. We were surprised that some of the bushes did not completely burn.
However, we did see........................
what I thought was actual buffalo until we got closer.
This bull was really tame. Hee Hee
We saw this pretty little bird.......
some large dogs. Oh wait, those are deer. Gosh they are small.
This little bird was pecking around in the grass.
The sun is setting and the moon is rising. Notice the lower sky is pink and the upper sky is blue.
I love the way Tic got the moon in this shot. Notice the lower sky is blue and the upper sky is pink now. This tree reminds me of an open heart. We are so blessed to be able to enjoy so many sunsets.
This is Christmas Eve and the moon is supposed to be full tomorrow. It sure looks like a full moon tonight.
At 7pm we will meet my brother and his family at Bonsai Japanese Steakhouse. It is their annual tradition to eat here on Christmas Eve.
Below are pictures of the family that were present. Seven people were unable to attend.
There were so many of us that this group took up 2 cook tops.
It was great fun to get to see most of the family at one time! We did get to see the missing people at other times.
Wednesday, December 23, 2015
Today we move from Kerrville to San Angelo where we will spend time visiting my brother and his large family.
Along the way, we were surprised to see the Interstate speed so high. Even the back 2-lane roads are 75 mph frequently.
This is our site here at the San Angelo State Park. It is a huge site. We have water and 50 amp electric. Dump site is not far. It is a beautiful afternoon in the mid 70s.
They have had enough rain lately that the lake is much fuller than it was last year at Thanksgiving when we were here.
As the sun was setting, we could see the moon in the sky. It will be a full moon in a couple of days.
The clouds and the sunset are gorgeous! We are blessed again.
Looking a different direction and a different filter.
The sun is on the horizon now. WOW is all I can say!
Monday, December 21, 2015
After being in Rockport, we returned to Kerrville to see our friends for a little more. We got back into town before they got back into town. We decided we would go to the "Empty Cross" - "Coming King" spiritual garden. We went last year and wanted to go again this year.
This is what you see as you enter the garden, Jesus holding a fishing net.
The statue with the horse is called "The Coming King".
Below is a close up showing some of the detail.
This statue is called the "Divine Servant".
There are several pathways lined on both sides with rocks that prayers have been written on. This one describes how Tic and I feel so I included it here.
On the way back to the mobile condo (mc), we saw these unique clouds. They look like ocean waves in the sky.
We met our friends at Mamacita's Cantina in Kerrville for dinner.
It was so fun getting to see them again. She is so blessed to have gotten a new kidney just 6 weeks ago. They just got back from her checkup and the doctors were so pleased they said she did not need to return until May (unless she has problems). Thank you Lord for all your blessings on this precious couple!
Next we head to San Angelo to see Dusty's brother and family.
