From Marathon TX to the valley

Our next stop was 115 mi west to the town of Marathon, Texas. Our destination was Marathon Motel and RV Park. We were only there 2 days and the first day we spent mostly taking care of laundry as yes, even full-timers have chores. 

After laundry we did discover a new park near town called the Gage Gardens which is less than a mile away. Here there are 27 acres which basically have created an oasis in the desert. Lots of birds have discovered this on their migration route and as a result we had a great time doing a little birding and walking all the trails within  the park. 

The next day we headed over to the Davis Mountains State Park. Ut was great being back in the mountains after driving through the west Texas high desert. We did a little hiking and saw a lot of really nice birds. The State Park has a couple of bird blinds which were excellent for taking  photographs of the elusive little guys. 

After enjoying our brief stay in Marathon we headed further west for 133 mi over to Seminole Canyon State Park. We have stayed there several times before and  because of that the only excursion we took was over to the Devil's River. 

Even though the Devil's River is not accessible to hikers, it is available for water sports such as canoeing in kayaking. Nevertheless we stopped to enjoy the sights and sounds of the birds flitting in the trees. Truly this would be a great place to kayak.

We' ve been moving a little faster than normal as we are trying  to dodge a few severe thunderstorms. Therefore the next morning we headed over for a one-day stay in Eagle Pass Texas another 134 mi Southeast.

We stayed at the Lucky Eagle Casino RV Park. After we checked in we walked over to the casino. Since it was our first visit we received $20 each in free play. After a few hours playing video poker  we were able to leave with the majority of the Free Play money given to us! Thank you, Lucky Eagle Casino!

Next stop will be Laredo Texas for a more extended stay as the weather seems to have settled a little.

Back into Texas

 

It was time to leave Sunland Park New Mexico and enter the state of Texas. In less than a mile we were in El Paso on our way to an overnight stay in Van Horn, Texas. 

There is not much to do in Van Horn and really never has been but we always stay there because it's a good stop to break up a longer trip. Once again we stayed at Oasis RV Park for one night, another nice Passport America Park.

The next day we made our way down the road Southeast for about 73 miles to Marfa, Texas at the Tumble In RV Park, another of our favorite little spots on this stretch of highway 90 in Texas.

While there's not a lot to do in Martha either,  it is an artsy town we always enjoy. We tookk a nice walk intown to check out the art museums. Art in Marfa is a little bit more quirky than in most art museums and it was no different this day.  

One afternoon we drove up to Fort Davis State Park for a bit of walking and birding. It was nice being back up in the Davis Mountians of Texas and we saw some great birds at the birding blinds in the state park.

A great happy hour spot in Marfa is called Planet Marfa and although there were no IPAs on tap, we enjoyed a few bottled IPAs. The next night we went to the White Buffalo Bar, another one of our favorites only to find they had no beer on tap either and worse, no bottled IPAs. Thus, we headed home and had our own. 

We were only in Marfa for a couple of nights and before we left we had to visit the lights located adjacent to our Park. This artistic rendition is really fun to visit at night with all the tall towers lit up with quirky designs.

 We enjoyed our stay in Marfa, but it became time to move on to Marathon Texas our next stop...