MAR 2 2013 - Kerrville-Van Horn Texas
Derek and I met 45 years ago today in Merseyside!! Look how far we've come!!!
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| First sight of the 'wild west' - wonders were yet to come |
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| We are starting to ooh and aah!! Just a small slice of the whole view!! |
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| Endless beautiful, awesome sights. |
Wow wow what a day's drive. We had no idea what we
were in for and really words are not enough. We left Kerrville a little late at
10.15am as we decided to have breakfast at the resort's cafe. It took longer
than we expected as every meal was made to order, in order!!! We jumped on I10
heading west. After an hour of scrub-land and the odd cactus, we entered a
world only the dreams of young children are made of. A barren, yet amazingly beautiful
landscape of red mountains and valleys. Mile after mile of John Wayne country.
We were both in awe of the strange majesty of the land. Not a cloud in the sky.
Literally hundreds of miles with no end in sight. We drove through flatlands
and mountain passes oohing and aaahing. The pictures we took could not come
near to portraying the real thing. Also, because they are taken through the truck's tinted windows as we were moving, the qaulity leaves something to the imagination. The temperature went from 30f overnight to
over 80f during the day. Texas really is such a varied State. Lakes, mountains,
big modern cities and the Wild West!! An entire day driving and all we saw was
Wild West. Vegetation does not grow tall in this desert like environment and is
made up mostly of some dusty low lying scrub bushes and various forms of cacti
some looking like mini palms. Very important not to let the gas tank get too
low as we went over 100km without seeing any gas stations. We arrived at Van
Horn KOA at 4.30pm after our 600km drive. We switch drivers very 2 hours.
Camped in a valley surrounded by mountains. KOA is very basic site and advertised
free wifi not working very well. No need to unhitch the rig overnight.
Wondering what tomorrow will bring.
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| SMALL WORKING OIL RIG IN THE FOREGROUND |
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| MORE VIEWS... VERY LITTLE TRAFFIC! NO |
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| SEE FAINT OUTLINE OF WIND FARM IN BACKGROUND |
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| SEARCHING THE LANDSCAPE FOR JOHN WAYNE!! |
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| WE FOUND SOME SIGNS OF LIFE |
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| AND MORE...... |
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| AND MORE..... |
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| EVEN MORE..... TOTALLY DESERTED |
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ARRIVED AT VAN HORN KOA..
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| WELCOME TO VAN HORN.. SET UP & SETTLED!! CHEERS!! |
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| DIRT AND MOUNTAINS (CORNER OF OUR RIG) |
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| ANOTHER VIEW FROM CAMPSITE! |
