The rest of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona

What a view-can you imagine this back in the covered wagon days? What a walk or wagon ride and how long would it have taken?
The ride through the mountains was wonderful.
And of course the walk they would have taken this time of year could have been as hot as we found it. Thank goodness for A/C.
What do you call a street when you can't think of a name?

Quartzsite has many interesting pieces of art ? statues? not sure what to call them.
a very large rod and reel.
The "Original Gold Guys"
A camel made from painted wheel rims.

The whale in the desert -is it to make you feel cooler?
The city sign is very nice made from marble.
Early Halloween decorations on this house.

The oldest house in Quartzsite AZ.
Tyson Wells named for the man that built in and around which the town of Quartzsite grew up'.

This is one of the Quartzite police cars -- you have to ask Why?
There are many rock formations as you travel old route 60.

one of the many decorated overpasses in New Mexico and Arizona
The mountains are beautiful in the distance.
An overview of a copper and gold mine.
A balanced rock at a roadside stop.
Nice day for a drive and clouds for Jackie.
Signs you do not want to see in the desert.

notice the light is on





Las Cruces N M water tower.
An old west town that has since been abandoned.
A view of the mountains from our coach at Vado N M, near Las Cruces.
Across the valley of New Mexico.
Even the bridge abutments are painted.
These statues are outside of our campground at Fort Stockton TX.

A few thorn bushes like this and no one will come in your yard. Double click and look at the thorns.
One of the roadside rests with a beautiful setting in the background.
This old wagon was used in a couple of John Wayne movies as noted on the wagon.
While it looks like a field of rocks in the desert, it is really melons.
Across the desert- there is not much.
The oldest house in Old Fort Stockton.


The old Fort Stockton Jail.

This is a serious mailbox.
Things from Old Fort Stockton.

Texas -family, friends and fishing

Indianola was a city here in the late 1800's until the hurricanes did it in.

One of the beautiful roads we side tripped on. Trees are still green in Texas but no so much the grass. In fact at a friends house in Louisville you could hear the grass crunch. They have a strict watering ban on and the days allowed are not enough to keep it green.


A side trip found us on a mountain near this old rock house.
This mega mover lifts oil rigs and moves them in the ocean.
One of the oil rigs Bil and Marcus saw on their fishing trip.
The sand is so white you had to wear sunglasses to protect your eyes.
One of the shrimp boats that fish the waters of Bayside Texas.

We were in the migration path of the hummingbirds while at our friends on the coast. We were blessed with a couple of days of hundreds of birds.
Marcus and Beth's kids at play.
Marcus's dogs at play with one of the kids socks.
Marcus did a repair job for us. Giant RV did a very bad job and we had a leak on the slide.
The rain pouring off the awning of the slide.
We saw this duck near a river. It looks like it has a cap on it's head. It is fluffy down.
The Texas sky getting ready to let go on us.
More critters of a not nice kind cleaning up the roadside.
One of the neat old towns we went through and below is one of the buildings.


So everything is bigger in Texas including "mobile homes." We had to find a wide spot and get off the road as he took the whole road to pass us in the coach. They did give us a warning as seen in the nest photo.

The beach at Oceanside where we stayed for a while.
One of our many storms. It is amazing how many shots I took to catch one strike of lightening.
The fence around an antique place in the country.
They do garages different along the hurricane coasts.

As always I am looking for the animals.
Kerrville Texas has this huge lighted cross on a hill overlooking the city.
Camper in progress? Being torn apart? Not really sure as it was just sitting in a field.
Nice bell tower in one of the towns we explored.
So is this a car you would drive or would you be "too chicken."

Pamela is 8 and is very tall for her age. She is hiding behind her favorite kitten.
Pamela playing in her indoor tent.
One of the neat old buildings we have seen while traveling.
The whole of Texas is very dry - once we got to the coast we finally had some greenery.
Even in the dry the cactus is in bloom.