We woke up this morning warm and dry in our cozy hotel
rooms, but outside was a different story.
It was still dark and there was a heavy pouring of cold rain. First thought, thank goodness we are not in
the park in our tents! Tacos Rosy, the
café across the street is finally open for breakfast. It is a nice little Mexican place with very
reasonable prices, $2 for a bacon and egg burrito. A bottle of Mango juice was from Mexico ,
so all the ingredients were in Spanish. This was a nice start to our day and a
good place to be out of the rain.
By the time we finished breakfast, the rain had
stopped. The sky was still overcast, and
would remain so for the entire day. On
the plus side, it was a much more enjoyable riding temperature as compared to
the mid day heat of yesterday. At the
half way point of our ride, around 30 miles, we entered the town of Del
Rio . One of the
largest towns we have traveled through in several days with a population of
48,000. This is not only the first place
to stop today, but also the last until we reach Brackettville. We all found a place of our choice to stop for
refreshments, not as a group of 11 but in smaller groups – we never all ride
together. Tom, Chris, Ed and Joe found
the local IHOP for a second breakfast.
To be more precise, Chris arrived well ahead of the other three, and was
just finishing his second breakfast by the time the others had arrived. Still hungry, he stayed and joined the three
for their second, his third breakfast.
Totally satisfied, all rode on to Brackettville. Not much of a picture day, besides the
overcast skies, the scenery was much the same as the last several days in Texas . But things are changing. As we approached the town we noticed that we
are getting into country where there are real trees! And the trees grouped into wooded areas.
We are staying at the Fort Clark Springs RV Park. This is part of a 2700 acre gated
recreational and leisure community that started as a US Army Post in 1852,
built to defend settlers and travelers against Indian attacks near or on the Pecos
trail. The buildings are now owned privately and form a very nice community within Brackettville. Hunting is a very large part of this community.
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