Go West old man!: Big Bend RV Park, Terlingua, TX

Got up to a nice sunrise and hit the road in mid morning. While walking Callahan at the park we ran into a guy who had seen my rescue plate on the truck. As we talked it seemed we were pretty much alike. He has been an EMT for 35 years last June, same as me. He has been Fire Chief for 11 years, I was rescue chief for 9 years, he does some work for the Medical Examiner, ditto. etc. He is from Michigan.

Down the road a few miles we crossed the Pecos River, then came to Langtry, TX and stopped at Judge Roy Bean's place. Roy Bean was a Justice of the Peace here in the late 1800s, "Law West of the Pecos". His original building is still standing and is now an historical site run by the TDOT. Nice place.

A former Shelburne Vermonter (still using VT plates) who now lives on the road was our next site neighbor at Seminole Canyon and we ran into her again two more times on the road over to Big Bend.

At a gas station in Marathon TX I met a couple at the gas pump. They had just returned from Guatemala and had good things to say about how they had their act together compared to Mexico. This is a 30 something couple who are out-of-work and traveling in an old pick-up truck & slide-in camper.

We had a beautiful ride through Big Bend Nat'l Park on our way to Terlingua. Got to the RV camp about 4, set up, had some refreshments and are all settled for 7 nights here. Planning some good stuff in the park for this week.

NOTE that I have added some photos to yesterday's post in Seminole Canyon!

The small dirt road beside the highway is used by Border Patrol. They rake it occasionally, I presume so they can see footprints. This is the first road north of the Rio Grande.