We got a late start from Abilene, Texas. Terri had to get blood work and we also had to do a Wal Mart run.
We spent far more time and money than we originally planned. Terri and the Deli lady had a lengthy discussion about turkey breast. This happens quite often. Terri always makes educated purchases. It took a year and a half to pick out our camper!
Needless to say, we did not get on the road until 11:30. We purchased an RV GPS App for this trip. We plugged in the dimensions of our camper and truck and this app is to keep us on appropriate roads to accommodate the size of our camper. It had been fabulous, up until now. It did not recognize the address of the Maverick Ranch RV Park in Lajitas, Texas and you can not put in the name of the business instead of street address. We also had trip tix done from AAA. I was reluctant to depend on the trip tix because I was not sure if they took into account the size of our camper, so I just put the route number in that lead to the RV Park and the town. WELL……It kept us on FM170 Texas route for over 50 miles. Those 50 miles were all through the mountains with steep descends and assents. Tight turns and limited guide rails. God bless Terri, she did a fabulous job at maneuvering our 35 foot camper through this mountainous maze.
Prior to getting on the route, Terri suggested we stop for fuel and we were over a half tank full. Thank God we did because she burned a lot of gas trying to get up the steep hills. Just another reminder God is guiding us, gently nudging our decisions. We would have ran out of gas as there was no one or no civilization the entire route until we hit Lajitas. Poor Terri was so stressed the entire time, but she kept remarkable composure, as always….. I learned FM stands for Farm to Market- It is no interstate!
We pulled into Maverick Ranch, RV Park and Resort around 8:15 PM. 6 hours and 11 minutes turned into 9 hours!
View from our camp site:
Big Bend National Park is 50 miles from Maverick Ranch. The state park is just down the road and is hundreds of acres. Terri was exhausted this morning, so we just hung out at the pool for a bit and she has been resting. We plan to go to Big Bend National Park tomorrow.