Monday, January 27, 2020

Davis Mountains State Park, Ft. Davis TX

We came in yesterday after a nice sunny drive from Llano.  I got into the WiFi once for a couple minutes and thought I had it made.  Nope.  Could not get in again.
Today, Monday, we are hiking the Skyline Trail and went part way down to Ft. Davis.  Cal was getting a bit bothered by the heat, more the sun than actual temperature, but enough that we turned back early.  No matter.  This is a very scenic place to sit and blog.  This ridge is over 5000' with great views.
We plan to run in to Ft. Davis after writing this for a little shopping.  I remember a great nut store here!  Still looking for a propane part, found a little leak in a hose from one tank.  I just keep that tank shut off.  But that creates a supply problem in that it won't auto switch when the first tank is empty.

So, no cell at camp and intermittent WiFi.   So who knows when we’ll get the next entry!

Evening update; it's like a lottery gamble to get a connection here, but I got one tonight!  They have a few hotspots around the campground and they only handle a certain amount of bandwidth.  So it's luck of the draw to see if you get any. 
We did some shopping in Ft. Davis, bought some nuts, checked out some oddball shops and went looking for a propane hose adapter.  I went into the only hardware store in town and did not find what I needed.  As I walked out a guy called to me to see what I needed.  It was the driver of a propane delivery truck.  He took me out to his truck and dumped out a jug of connectors to see if he head the right thing.  He didn't but told me his company's office is in Alpine (24 miles south) and they would build me whatever I need, they build high pressure hoses all the time.  During this one of the store guys, the manager I think, a tall guy in a well worn cowboy hat, comes out to talk.  He asks if I know anyone in Alburgh!  His niece lives there, works for ICE.
We have scheduled a ranger guided hike tomorrow morning into one of the area that are restricted to guide tours.  After that we were planning to go either to Alpine or Marfa (nearby larger towns) to stock up on a few items before going to Terlingua (which has little retail).  So it'll be Alpine.  Convenient.  When I switched tanks tonight I discovered that the second hose also has a leak!  Good grief!






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