We were heading to San Antonio and traveled thru Pecos Texas. The city is the birth place of the Rodeo! As we entered town, we were stopped by a police barricade. They were having a parade. Just for our arrival, can you believe it??!! Just kidding. They were celebrating the arrival of the Rodeo and the whole town turned out. That's all 7700 of them. We waited for those last 2 "floats"
to pass and then the police followed them. The line of cars and trucks waiting followed the police cars so we got to be, sort of, in the parade. People actually waved at us, we were the second car behind the police cruiser. I waved back a couple of times. ha ha After leaving Pecos, we continued down the hwy. Noticed a lot of oil derricks dotting the landscape. These hadn't been around before. Surprising how along the same hwy in New Mexico no derricks then as soon as into Texas, derricks. Don't know if it really is because there isn't oil in NM or if there is another reason for no drilling. A bit of a way into Texas we headed down the 10 Fwy and out of the earth pops up buttes and mesas. Just flat ground and bam a butte. They all had flat tops as though someone came out with a knife and sliced the peaks off.I'm sure a geologist could explain the reason, if anyone knows please comment. I'd like to know the reason for the formation.
Stopped in a rest stop and happened upon this stagecoach stop. They reconstructed the station with the stones found on site. Using historic records to recreate the structure. So cool! The old wood lintel was massive. You could see the age of it, truly an old piece not just conjured up for the job.
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