2/15/2015

February 15, 2015 Travel to Texas

We were up early this morning and on our way east into Texas:

02-15-15 B Travel Border to Van Horn I-10 (2)

We debated on going thru or around El Paso because the last few times we went thru was horrendous with traffic.  But since were early on a Sunday morning, we decided to go thru and it was great:

02-15-15 B Travel Border to Van Horn I-10 (7)

What a beautiful travel day.  We headed east thru the mountains:

02-15-15 B Travel Border to Van Horn I-10 (11)

Past border patrol – which is very common in the southwest:

02-15-15 B Travel Border to Van Horn I-10 (15)

More mountains:

02-15-15 B Travel Border to Van Horn I-10 (24)

Wide valleys:

02-15-15 C Travel Van Horn to Marfa US-90 (2)

In Van Horn, we headed south on US-90, where the scenery continued to be beautiful:

02-15-15 C Travel Van Horn to Marfa US-90 (8)

Interesting buildings along the way:

02-15-15 C Travel Van Horn to Marfa US-90 (14)

An interesting shape in the middle of valley:

02-15-15 C Travel Van Horn to Marfa US-90 (17)

02-15-15 C Travel Van Horn to Marfa US-90 (38)

According to the sign, this was a radar blimp.

The trains kept us company:

02-15-15 C Travel Van Horn to Marfa US-90 (52)

02-15-15 C Travel Van Horn to Marfa US-90 (61)

When we got to Marfa we turned north and this beautiful courthouse greeted us:

02-15-15 D Marfa to Fort Davix TX118 (2)

The scenery continued to be breathtaking:

02-15-15 D Marfa to Fort Davix TX118 (9)

02-15-15 D Marfa to Fort Davix TX118 (21)

02-15-15 D Marfa to Fort Davix TX118 (31)

We saw two of these along the way – they were farms and greenhouses:

02-15-15 D Marfa to Fort Davix TX118 (51)

One of my favorite pictures of the day:

02-15-15 D Marfa to Fort Davix TX118 (55)

We arrived in Fort Davis mid-afternoon, set up, and just relaxed.  We decided to stay here for a few days and do some sightseeing so stay tuned and enjoy today.

Stats for today:

Miles Traveled: 248 Miles

Routes Traveled:

New Mexico: Elks Drive; US-70; I-25; I-10

Texas: I-10; US-90; TX-17; TX-118

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