U.S. 90 in SW Texas follows alongside the railroad tracks. The RV park here in Marathon is on the northside of 90 and the railroad tracks are on the southside of 90. I had a bet with George that the train would not wake me up. I am a very sound sleeper and George wakes up at the least little sound so I figured this was a sure bet....I lost. The train woke me up twice (12:21 and 3:15) and did not wake him up at all...what gives. Still don't get why the train has to sound its horn in the middle of town.
We were thinking of playing golf this afternoon at the Alpine Country Club but, after a drive up there, discovered that it was only 9 holes, no grass on the fairways and pretty much looked like what some refer to as a "dog track". Oh well....on to Fort Davis. This fort is one of the best surviving examples of an Indian Wars' frontier military post in the Southwest. From 1854 to 1891, Fort Davis was strategically located to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the Trans-Pecos portion of the San Antonio-El Paso Road and on the Chihuahua Trail. We walked around the entire compound and saw the newly restored Commanding Officer's Quarters...quite luxurious for that era.
Sul Ross State University is a beautiful campus in Alpine. Founded in 1917 by Lawrence Sullivan Ross, the Governor of Texas from 1887 - 1897, houses 2,000 students which comprise two-thirds of the town of Alpine.
We then drove up to the town of Marfa which, we heard, was a cute little artsy-fartsy town but were disappointed. So, we had an ice cream and headed home.
2 comments:
Feel like I'm there with you. Wish I was. Enjoy! Miss you..
The other Karen aka Parker.
Wish we were there. Feel like we are. Miss you!
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