Stillwell Ranch store & RV Park near Big Bend National Park

Finally made it to Big Bend area.  Set up at Hally Stillwell's ranch.  She's been gone for some time, but we visited with her granddaughter who is running the place.  At least she will run it for a little while longer.  She has sold it and will not be here after May 1st.

 After leaving Amistad Reservoir we headed west on 90 and stopped at Seminole Canyon State Historical Park.  It was 62 degrees, heavy overcast and a very stiff wind blowing so we did not spend too much time outside.  To the left are photos of several signed plants.

 Click on any of the photos to enlarge them, and it should give you a slide show.

This photo and the one below was taken from the observation window at Seminole Canyon.  The bottom photo is at 16 magnification.

seminole-canyon  Click this link to go to their website.  It is the site of very old American Indian rock painting.  Some of these are thought to be over 7,000 years old.

Going back to our day in Del Rio, TX; we visited Val Verde Winery.  This is the site of the oldest winery in Texas and has been operating since 1883.
Val Verde Winery  Click link for the website.

 A very nice young lady told of the history and makings of the wine and the growing they do right out the back door as well as sometimes using grapes from other vineyards to make their own wine.  Her husband is stationed at Laughlin Air Force Base right outside of Del Rio and she works a couple days a week selling their products and giving tours.

Laughlin Air Base

The are trying for their first year selling Extra Virgin olive oil.  Phyllis chose some olive oil and one bottle of: Texas Rosé.
The taller trees in the background are the olive trees and the shorter ones in front are grape vines.

 We rode our trikes around the  Holiday Trav-L-Park Friday evening we rode by some of the largest coverings over mobile homes I have ever seen.  The top one is a new double-wide that isn't even finished yet.  Was told it is owned by one of the many oil rigs in the Del Rio area and their employees use it for R&R.

Another huge covering.  Leaves enough room on the outside for entertaining, I guess.

 And one more.  These looked like good size Morton Buildings cut off a little below the roof.







This is one of many Agave plants we saw that is getting ready to bloom.  It shoots up a really big thingy!

Insulation is added to water hoses so they don't boil and explode in the summertime!

 Spent some time today at Langtry, TX and visited the Texas State run Judge Roy Bean visitors center where the buildings of Judge Bean have been preserved and a lot of history was on display.

We had lightning and thunder a bit ago, but very little rain.  Looks like some of Texas got it north of us.

Till next time, Lynn