SATURDAY (ON THE ROAD)

We left at 8:30 this morning and headed out for Marathon Texas which is about 50 miles north of Big Bend Park.  It was a little drizzly for the first 100 miles and then it became sunny and nice for driving. We arrived about 3 o’clock. The wind was very, very strong when we arrived. It was blowing the dry soil/sand across the fields a lot. As dad would say “A lot of Real Estate changes hands on days like this”. By the time we went to bed it had subsided. We asked if this was typical and they said no, it just started today. So hopefully the wind will die down over night to allow us to have a nice ride to the Park.

This area seems to have oil.

We passed an area with lots of wind turbines.

Small dust storm

Our camp site

This campground is pretty basic but it has great WiFi and a very reasonable price. 

The first evening sunset.

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Later....