Benson Arizona

Hi all just an update we have not had great wifi so no posts. Plus we screwed up the camera charger. The dish soap was knocked over and it spilled on the charger and it would not work tried washing it or running water over it and drying it with the heater but no go till we put it in rice for a few days. So this picture is the speed limits it western Texas that's 80 miles an hour. I wonder if any other states have that high a limit.

This was 3 days ago we left Texas and entered The land of enchantment.

We didn't find the enchantment. We were just driving threw the state trying to get to better weather. We had to stop for the night we saw a few feed lots but did not think a thing about them we pulled into a campground. paid and set up. Then the smell drifted in along with the fly's you could not open the door without 10 to 20 fly's coming in. On the side of the RV facing the sun there was thousands of them I think we learned a lesson. Watch out for Enchantment...

Not sure where this was it was 20 to 30 feet tall along the hwy.

We saw a lot of trains and many signs saying dust storms have not been hit by a dust storm yet wonder what that will be like they say 0 viability that should be fun to drive in.

And this is where we are now so far the weather has been 70 to 75 in the sun and at night it has gone down to 40 no idea what that is in Celsius.

We passed this spot with many boulders along the hwy and said we need to go back and explore this area.

And this is our spot we found it from http://geosuzie.blogspot.ca/2015/11/perfect-weather-again-and-fellow.html It was a great deal best one so far this trip. We are here for a week. If we get the wifi worked out I will be posting more often.

Lajitas

So this morning we got up packed up and were 17 miles down the road and set up again by 10.30. That is my kind of traveling. The wind last night were brutal but by this morning had died down till around 9.30 even on the drive over here you could feel the gusts blowing the RV around. We were going to walk some trails around the camp ground but the wind was way to strong and cold by 2 it got up to 18C but the wind felt way to cold. So we went for a drive we heard the road was a bit steep going threw Big Bend Ranch state park. That was where we were headed tomorrow but after the drive we thought we should take a different route. 

It was a great drive nice views with a steep winding road.

We got to see some great rock formations

And a good rest stop 

We saw lots of these signs and 15 degree hill ahead use low gear. We have driven many 15 degree slopes but I hate the ones with the crazy s bends  with the road sloping towards the edge not fun.

Even some Hoodo's

And balancing boulders

Now this is a 15 degree slope.

And this is our view today 

So tomorrow we are headed back the 17 miles for one more night this place was 19 dollars for the first night then 39 for the second so we are going back to where we were last night. Hope this wind is over by then the RV is a rocking already this afternoon cant wait for tonight.

Terlingua

Today was a busy day packed up drove 25 miles pulled into another RV park and set up again. We decided to leave the park at 35 a night was just to much to pay and now we are only paying 28 crazy or what. We need to stay down in this area for 3 days because we are getting some strong winds for 3 days and north of here they are going to be way stronger. And I am not driving in crazy winds again. Tomorrow we are driving 17 miles and staying at a place for 17 dollars but we only get that price for one day so we will be leaving there and driving for 34 miles for a 11 dollar park for one night. Then the winds should be over. 

We drove down the road after we had lunch and we kept seeing these signs they don't put culverts under the road they just let the streams run right over the road wonder how deep it has to get before you don't drive threw it.

We were headed for this Ghost Town we had read about it and thought we needed to see it.

I guess a bunch of people have moved back to it Artists and hippies trying to find a place to hide. They say there are 58 people living here now. There is a few old junkers 

And some strange art.

I kind of liked this one.

Another beauty 

There is still a few old places still standing.

I have no idea why every one left. But it was a good size town you could see where there was ad least 40 homes at one time most are just the foundations left.

I think a preacher moved back because some one is fixing the church and the house beside it.

I think this guys car is worth way more than his house.

You have to love the cactus growing out the fender.

And you could rent this tent never checked how much. Some place Lara would love to stay.

Some poor guy lost his RV to fire it was probably all that he owned.

And then you have a sub coming up out of the sand.

Or passing wind the ship.

And this is our view from the camp site.

day 2 big bend

Last night right at dusk this guy showed up right behind the trailer.

Brenda got some great pictures.

This was about 15 feet from us there was some holes in the ground have no idea what he was after never did see and he missed. Then he flew back in the tree he was around for about an hour what a show.

Today was a day of hiking we started with the Bouquillas Canyon trail.

It was an easy hike up over a hill than along the Rio Grand.

It went into a canyon

I wished the camera would have worked as good as the eyes.

It was breath taking.

I have no idea how high these canyon walls were but that is along ways up.

I wounder what caused these holes water at one time running out of them.

There's Brenda she is always following along for some reason she is always way behind. Lost in her own world may be. lol

This was as far as we could get.

Across the river was a Mexican that was singing and he had a container for you to tip him. This was his ride.

The next walk was the Maruto Vega It was a little to long so we only walked for an hour on it.

Nice cactus.

Came across a flock of these guys.

There had to be about 30 of them and every time one would take off it would scare the crap out of me because they would only be a few feet from you and you never saw them till they took off.

The trail was threw some pretty scrubby looking stuff not much grew here.

The next walk was first a drive of about 10 miles down an old 4 wheel drive road. You could only drive about 10 miles an hour.

I noticed this white out in the scrub. So we stopped and this was a burial spot with jewelry and coins spread all over it I have never seen so many coins spread on a grave before there was 30 to 40 dollars of coins out in the middle of now where. 

A guy from the camp ground told me about this place it was not on the map and he called it the bowl.

The first part of the walk was along an old river bed.

It was a long hike 

Then we came to this canyon.

This cactus was growing under this over hang.

This is the bowls it was quite hard to walk up and around them

And if you fell in this one you were there to stay the walls were about 8 feet high. I do not think you could get out unless some one came along with a rope to help you.

There she is following along.

Brenda trying to get around the bowls.

This was a strange rock formation.

And I had to climb in it.

It was neat how the rocks went in every direction.

Next we went to the Hot Springs.This was a house that an old lady lived in and she owned the store here back in the 40s.

This was her store.

There was some rock art here but most of it was covered by people scratching there names over it. Why they would not have covered it or tried to save it and why do people have to destroy every thing.

Then along the river.

The hot springs

The water was hot and Brenda had to put her feet in. Some people came with bathing suits and got right in. I might do that but I need it a lot warmer out side.

Sorry for all the pictures tomorrow we move on.