Wednesday, 4 April 2012
Lovely Restful Day in Fort Davis.
I had a lovely long lie and was the last to appear for breakfast at 9.00am. Sean had made french toast and bacon in this well equiped motel kitchen. I then had a wander round Fort Davis. It is a sleepy Texan town with wide streets and quirky shops, Uncle Bucks Liquor Store, Broom and Walking Stick Shop. It is named after the Confederate President, Jefferson Davis who encouraged the building of frontier forts to open West Texas to setttlers. Many of his staff were Texans. He was imprisoned during the civil war and once told wartime troops from other states ' you have reputations to gain but sons of the Alamo have theirs to maintain'. In the afternoon we returned, in the van, to the McDonald Observatory. This site sits at 6809 ft and was chosen as this region is very dark, not polluted by dust nor brightened with city lights. I can vouch for that as I stagger to the toilet in the middle of the night. Interesting tour but too much technical data. A lovely, restful day off and now ready for tomorrow. Looks windy though....absolutely loving it....
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Just reading this blog is like a mini adventure everyday, who knows where it will go next? Slightly perturbed to be starting the day reading about your corns, then there’s stories of potentially spraying dogs with mace (Nas doesn’t like that), an update on US service roads, and trips to observatories – brilliant in its randomness. Me thinks Robert C needs to do his training on Arran next time. We’re off to Stirling for Easter weekend tomorrow, so I’ll be reading your next updates from there. Anyway, did you hear about the vampire bicycle that went round biting people’s arms off? It was a vicious cycle! Boom Boom.
ReplyDeletehows that darned tent doing mum. so you got a corn a butt blister ,sore back and all ,sounds like your havin a ball lol .Apart from that hope all is going well love michael
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