Wednesday April 3

After enjoying the quiet and beautiful campground all to ourselves we pack up. As we are packing Wells notices a small propane leak from one of our two propane tanks. The hose from the tank leaks if jostled so we turn the tank off. We still have one propane tank working fine and if it runs out of propane then we will just switch tanks. We need to replace the hose when we are in civilization.

We have the road to ourselves this morning probably traveling more than ten miles before we spy another vehicle.  As we round a bend in the road there are two Javelins. Okay, what the heck is a Javelin? Javelins look like a skinny pig but are not related to pigs. They are related to goats. While in the Big Bend area we’ve hoped to see them and today we do. Marsha is excited. She gets her goat!

We finally come to a small town and find a car wash! Our poor truck and camper are covered with dust so they finally have a shine. Next door is a hardware store but no luck with the propane hose. Looks as if we will need to find a RV Supply Store. We are not going to see anything today so Thursday or Friday we’ll find something.

The road turns northward from the Mexico as we head for a State Park in Fort Davis, TX. Once north of the Rio Grande we begin to see Pronghorn which is always exciting for us from the East. In Marfa while fueling a guy with his dog pulls in on his motorcycle. Yes, a dog is with him, goggles and all riding the sidecar. They are on an eleven month trip around the edge of the lower 48 States.  His blog is www.longmotoride.com

The dog with the aviator goggles is a hoot.

We arrive at the park to find it nearly full yet we get a spot. As we set up along comes a off duty campground host who has the exact same Bambi trailer as ours. She shares plenty of tips on modifications and Marsha is fully onboard. Next a couple pull into the site next to ours. The conversation with Wells goes something like, “So where’s home?” and the woman replies, “Florida. Where in New York are you?” and Wells replies, “Central New York State.” She replies, “Oh I’ve spent some time in Cooperstown, but I grew up on Long Island.” For Wells there is a vast difference between Long Island and Eastern Long Island where he grew up so he asks, “Where on Long Island?” and she responds with, “Way out East, Mattituck.” Mattituck and Cutchogue are next to each other. Now the two places are in the same school district, but when Wells was in high school they were not. She graduated in 1971 and Wells in 1970. A few of the high school girls Wells dated from Mattituck were friends of hers. It’s a small world.