Note: We have been without cell phone service and Internet for 4 days. We drove 40 miles to Del Rio to make some phone calls. We will be without WIFI and cell phone service for several more days. We will try to catch up with everyone’s blog posts and emails soon.
Wednesday, January 31 – Before we departed this morning from the Kickapoo Casino campground in Eagle Pass, Texas, Marsha was excited to view the Super Blue Blood Moon eclipse. Being in the Central Time Zone, our best viewing time was between 6:00 and 6:30 a.m. We had clear skies and were treated with a great view of the moon out of the rear window of our 5th wheel trailer.
We started our day's travel by moving to the west side of Eagle Pass to get the mandatory annual inspection for the RV. It is somewhat difficult to find an inspection station that does the RV inspection. For $7.00, all they really did was check that all the lights work, and that the brakes function correctly. Oh well, that's taken care of for another year.
We continued our travel along the Tex-Mex border today traveling from Eagle Pass, TX, to Seminole Canyon State Park, just west of Comstock, TX. The drive to Seminole Canyon was a little over 100 miles. It was a relaxing and uneventful drive on US-90, a great road we've used in the past when crossing Texas. It is a parallel route to I-10, actually being a bit shorter with a 75 mph speed limit, although we travel at 62 mph, and a much nicer way to travel across the “Big” state.
We decided to purchase the Texas State Pass when checking in at Seminole Canyon SP. It costs $70, but we received four half-off camping coupons and free admission to all Texas State Parks. We figured our stops in the coming weeks will have us breaking even by mid-February. The pass is good for a year. Be aware that Texas is one of the states that charge you $3/person entry per day in the state parks, even when you've paid for a camp site. Just in this park, we would have had to pay $6/day for five days.
After getting set up in Site #26, a blacktop site with water, 30 AMP electric, picnic table, shelter and fire ring, we took Bella, our cat, for a short walk around her “new digs.” People sure get a kick out of seeing a cat on a leash...Haha. We did find out that WI-FI is available at the nearby restrooms but it only works for texting, no Internet and absolutely no cell phone service. This park is just about full, but we don’t even notice it. It is so peaceful. We enjoyed our first day at Seminole.
Site #26 is very large.
Looking right.
Looking left.
Wide open space.
Paul just relaxing.
Thanks for stopping by. Hope to see y’all back real soon. Have a great day.
