Tuesday February 12, 2008

We got up this morning and took down the tent, stowed everything, and were on our way by 8 AM. We drove up through Marathon and then up to Fort Stockton to get on Route 10. There was a giant roadrunner statue in Fort Stockton - very cute. We traveled further down the road and came upon hundreds of wind turbines on top of several mesas - the last time we saw that many turbines was in 85 when we were out west with the kids. They are fascinating! We also saw quite a few long bed trucks - each of which was carrying one propeller of a turbine - they are really huge! We did not run into any traffic to speak of until we came to San Antonio - there was an accident and then some construction. We finally got through that and had smoother sailing as we went away from the city. We passed a large ranch by the side of the highway and there was a herd of buffalo grazing - very cool! We stopped for the night in Columbus, TX - both of us suffering from DB (dead butt)! We checked into a motel and walked the 3 blocks (it felt so good to walk for a change) to a restaurant for dinner - the only real meal we had today. We have a call in to my brother Ed to see if he will be home if we stop by to see him later in the week. We also called Larry and Sandy Levine and had a nice chat with them. We plan on stopping to see them earlier than we had planned. Well, time to relax for a bit - will try to blog again tomorrow, but one never knows if there is internet when we stop for the night.