March 31 - Fort Stockton and Texas history

There are all sorts of reminders of the Butterfield Stage Coach route and Forts to protect the settlers from maruading Indian bands. We stay at historic Fort Stockton where you can tour the fort and see how the soldiers lived. It's in the middle of nowhere, warnings everywhere to look out for dust storms and zero visibility for long stretches when dust storms blow in. You can imagine Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath by the edge of the road...Armadas of motor homes now visit, people in 40 foot land yachts, folks afraid to travel on their own without a 'handler" and similar rigs. We were twice turned away from RV parks because we were 'too small' at 22ft. Yippee.