Hot 'n sunny day and after Mark exercised we were on our way around 9:45 driving 165 miles. Almost the entire trip was out in the middle of nowhere with hills, scrub brush, desert and 6 cows.
We are at the McMillan RV Park in Fort Davis. After lunch, we took off and toured Fort Davis, which we had never heard of but enjoyed our time here. As google described it....
Fort Davis is one of the best surviving examples of an Indian Wars' frontier military post in the Southwest. From 1854 to 1891, Fort Davis was strategically located to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the Trans-Pecos portion of the San Antonio-El Paso Road and on the Chihuahua Trail. These wagons would travel around 10 miles a day, sometimes, 20 miles. What a slow process to cover 600 miles, the distance from El Paso to San Antonio..
Entrance to the park
Pretty pansies outside drug store
We went down afterwards and checked out the Fort Davis drugstore and hotel - very old-timey and neat with old-fashioned soda fountain. Mark had a chocolate shake and I had a limeade. We checked out the Stone Village grocery store and deli, drove around a bit and on back to Daisy.
Maeve and her pink cowgirl boots - wish she was out west with us!
Hi ya Luke! Miss you....
Fort Davis is one of the best surviving examples of an Indian Wars' frontier military post in the Southwest. From 1854 to 1891, Fort Davis was strategically located to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the Trans-Pecos portion of the San Antonio-El Paso Road and on the Chihuahua Trail. These wagons would travel around 10 miles a day, sometimes, 20 miles. What a slow process to cover 600 miles, the distance from El Paso to San Antonio..
Davis Mountains
We went down afterwards and checked out the Fort Davis drugstore and hotel - very old-timey and neat with old-fashioned soda fountain. Mark had a chocolate shake and I had a limeade. We checked out the Stone Village grocery store and deli, drove around a bit and on back to Daisy.
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Hi Pat: Have not read your Blog in awhile, but checked in tonight and saw that you had been to Ft. Davis. We were here on one of our month driving trips to that area of Texas. We also ate lunch at the drug store and found it so quaint. Good food too. Not much in the little town but did enjoy seeing the fort and learning how it operated way back when. Have a good weekend. Judy B
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