Moving west again--

We arrived from Rockport Wednesday (Feb 17) in Del Rio after a bumpy ride through the South Texas Plains. Miles and miles and I do mean miles of flat scruffy plains. The only break in the sameness were the sometimes spectacular entrances to the ranches. Most were fairly simple but a few showed real imagination with huge stone works and landscaping. One place had a 6+ foot white painted wrought iron fence that seemed to go on and on. I know it was painted because it was showing signs of rust.

I was surprised at how rough the roads are since they don't experience the freeze/ thaw cycles that we get at home. Then again maybe it's the heat. I guess that could cause heaving or blistering of a sort. One lady we spoke with said they had more than four weeks of over 100 F last summer. We did see 2 road runners (more like road crossers) and several deer with long horns. Off in the far west horizon I could see mountains which I assumed are the Chisos in Big Bend Nat Park. It was almost dark when we finally pulled in to Lonesome Dove RV Park. Luckily it was a pull through and after a few minutes of leveling we were in.
I noticed that the web site for the park we stayed at in Rockport, (Anglers Retreat) has been updated with a pic of us and Terry and Barb at one of our many happy hours. Check it out  www.anglersrvretreat.com

Thursday we stayed fairly quiet.

 Friday was Carolyn's birthday and she wanted to go out for breakfast so we went out for breakfast. A place called Skillits was recommended and we enjoyed it. After that we had a look at the oldest winery in Texas. Not overly impressive (wrong time of year) but we did buy a bottle of rose'. We went to a movie that I wanted to see called The Lightning Thief. It's a Disney film directed by the same guy who did the Harry Potter series. Had to be good, right? Well it was good, with the requisite amazing special effects. It's hard to believe anything you see anymore. In the first few minutes of the film the image went out while the sound continued. One of the other patrons went out to tell the staff and after a few more minutes the light came back on. You may be wondering why I'm telling you this. Well I was impressed that a staff member was waiting  for us on the way out with complementary passes to another show all because of the technical glitch. That's service. Oh did I mention that the ticket price was $3.25?
That evening there was a pot luck fish BBQ. They served salmon and tuna and sausage (I guess for those who don't like fish) The tuna was amazing. They even had a cake with ice cream for Carolyn.

Today (Saturday) didn't start out well. I haven't said too much about Molly but after a brief respite she got much worse. She would not get up in the morning and when she finally did start moving she had no appetite and had trouble standing. She was obviously in distress and we decided she shouldn't go on like that. She was at the maximum dose of the pain meds. We found a vet who was open and he agreed we had done all we could for her. It was over in a few minutes.
We carried on with our planned visit to The Amistad Lake National Recreation Area but more about that later.