Day 38 April 7, 2011 Thursday Total Mileage: 1612 Today: 52 miles

We left Cooksey County Park under gray skies, with the prediction of 90^oF as the high temperature for the day; East winds turning West; so we moved a little faster and I was on the road about 30 minutes earlier than normal. 
 
I cycled through the Nueces Canyon, mostly flat compared to the past few days.  The landscape really changed over the 50 or so miles, it went from large trees and full rivers to few trees and none over 12 feet high; the rivers and creeks are mostly dry.  Everything is brown, or tan except for a few splashes of green or color.


 

We had lunch under the watchful eye of the US Border Patrol, but none stopped to share our shade or lunch.

I’ve been traveling Route 90, the “Old Chihuahua Highway” this road was a Nineteenth-Century lifeline that connected Chihuahua, Mexico with the Texas port of Indianola.  This opened to export the riches of Mexico (gold and silver); the road eventually carried every kind of goods, adventurers, settlers, soldiers, and “forty-niners” bound for the California Gold Rush.  Not until 1877 did this road loses its commercial importance to the Galveston, Harrisburg, and San Antonio railway.

Tonight we are staying at the Broke Mill RV Park, just west of Del Rio, Texas.  David likes this park, it has Wi-Fi, though we have to share one connection (Note to self: request two pass codes) (Other note to self: the perfect campground has 1) water, 2) picnic table, 3) showers 4) electricity 5) Wi-Fi and 6) recreation room with A/C.)  the Broke Mill was nearly perfect, except there was no picnic table at the site.

These were seen at the first campground we considered.

Reminded me of Fred