Went to Ft. Davis in the Davis Mtns last weekend. Left Thursday afternoon got there just at dusk. 200 miles, about 4.5 hours at 55 mph. The paved road in, is rough, narrow, hilly and twisty for about 25 miles. But so little traffic maybe 1-3 cars, I drive a lot down the middle some.
We put in some carpeting a friend gave us. It helped with road & drive train noise. But it really helped keep the RV warmer and our feet never got cold. It was warmer also than our last trip to Leasburg Dam. This time: Mid 30's at night, 60's during late afternoon.
Friday we went to McDonald Observatory to see a Lunar observation. It was very interesting, informative, and views through a 16" computer run telescope were spectacular. It was semi-cloudy and we could still see much detail.
Linda lost and found her keys to the bike, we have more spares now. The rough road caused the coffee pot to 1/2 fall down and we found many more rattles, now fixed.
We saw many javelinas and deer. Luckily not at night back from the Observatory.
There is a 75 mile loop around the west side of the Davis Mtns we've take many times. It is very scenic and remote. Just to the south is Alpine and Marfa I drove to on Saturday by myself. Also less than 100 miles, but very scenic. We checked out the local reality company photos, homes are moderately expensive. But there is no shopping or medical help, except for 30 miles down in Alpine. Reselling a home probably would take years.
The return trip home was very windy, 15-30 mph headwinds. We took it better than the last trip thru there, more experience, and used the mtns to shield some of the winds.
Got 9.2 mpg going both ways. Last time it was windy only got 6-7 mpg. I slowed down (25-35-45 at times), rather than fight it. We were the slowest thing on the Interstate. Most RV's were still going 70 into the wind (That would be upwards of 100 mph headwind). There is NO conservation in this country. We still got home by 1:00 pm, Why rush? We're retired!
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