Ft. Davis and Home for Thanksgiving

After leaving the Bosque del Apache we made a quick stop in El Paso for service on our RV chassis.  The dust was blowing so we were welcomed back properly to West Texas!  We decided to head to Ft. Davis for a few days before we went to visit with family in Odessa for Thanksgiving.

 

View from skyline trail of Ft. Davis area

 

It was so nice to be in Ft. Davis again.  I had forgotten just how dark those night skies can be (and on our trip we’ve been seeing some pretty good night skies).  We used to visit Ft. Davis frequently when we lived in West Texas but it had been years since our last trip.

Javalina checking out the campground

 
Davis Mountain State Park was quiet with only a few campers.  Javalina wandered through our campsite at regular intervals and Maya became most interested in them.  It did get pretty cold a couple of nights, but the days were warm.  We hiked, visited the McDonald Observatory for a ‘Sky Party,’ drove around some and generally slowed down a bit.  These past 5 months we have travelled at a pretty good pace and crossed time zones frequently.  So we needed to take some time to get back in a Texas frame of mind. 

Thanksgiving in Odessa with family was very nice.  We had the traditional turkey and trimmings and lots of catching up to do.  David and I will be travelling to San Antonio in just a few days and are hoping to see many of our friends there very soon.