Our destination for the day was Aledo, Texas, about 230 miles west on Interstate 30. The skies were clear, the temperature warm and we made very good time. We are listening to the audio book "Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage", a fascinating account of the ill-fated 1914 expedition to sail to and then cross the continent of Antarctica. It's a really interesting story and makes our time on the road go by quickly.
Before arriving in Aledo we made a brief stop in Rockwall, Texas to visit Legacy Coach, a dealer in high-end used motor coaches. We're not planning to make a change anytime soon, but the dealership was just off the highway... and we were there... so why not kick some tires. We looked at three coaches of the type we would be interested in. Here's one of them ...
Maybe Someday
Actually, the stop wasn't as brief as we thought it would be and by the time we rolled out of their parking lot and back out onto the interstate it was 3:30 - with Dallas and Fort Worth commuter traffic looming not too much further west. Wonderful.
Traffic was indeed heavy through both cities but, as it turned out, not as bad as I had expected. We arrived at Cowtown RV Park in Aledo at around 6pm.
We had only planned to spend two nights in Aledo but the weather forecast for Thursday called for rain all day long so Wednesday evening I walked up to the office and extended our stay one more night. We're really in no hurry, so why spend a miserable day driving in the rain?
And it did rain Thursday.
But it was a light, off & on kind of thing, not enough to keep us from venturing outside to do a little exploring. One of the more interesting area attractions is the Fort Worth Stockyards. Formerly a busy hub for buying, selling and slaughtering livestock, The Fort Worth Stockyards is today a wonderfully preserved National Historic Sight complete with hotels, restaurants, clothing and leather goods stores, Dickies Arena (home of the Forth Worth Rodeo) and The Texas Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame Museum.
We had a delicious brisket lunch at Cooper's Old Time Pit Bar-B-Que then spent the next couple hours walking up and down the old brick streets browsing the area shops.
Probably Not
So this morning we left Aledo at 10am and drove another 250 miles west on Interstate 20 to Hat Creek RV Park in Big Spring, TX. Nothing to write home about but a fine place to park for the night AND it's a Passport America affiliate. $17.50 with my PA 50% discount! Sweet!
Tomorrow we'll roll on another 230 miles to Van Horn, Texas where we stayed last year on our way home just before visiting Big Bend National Park. We've put approximately 1600 miles behind us since leaving Herndon, VA and have a hair over 1000 to go to reach our destination of Indio, California.
Until next time...
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