On to Big Bend!

Of course, though our destination is Big Bend National Park, there's 600 miles of cool stuff to see on the way. One of the things we found was this school. As we exited I-10, we came across this building, or what's left of it. It has a sign that reads "Kent Public School" and I thought it would be a nice backdrop to a CASA photo. I don't know how long it's been there but I was fun to stop and check it out. 

Some of us checked it a liiiittle closer than others. My three monkeys then posed with the "hear no evil, see no evil, say no evil" look. As if anyone would believe them!

 We took a lunch break then continued on. Mind you, we only drove 200 miles a day so it took a full three days to make it to Big Bend. But we enjoyed the beautiful scenery and interesting sights. Unfortunately, a lot of the things we saw, I cannot show you. Remember, we are seeing these things at 70mph. And the girls never bothered to take pictures.

So, if I wanted a picture, I would stop - sometimes in the middle of the road - and take the picture myself.












Other times, we could stop in a picnic area. Interestingly, Texas roads seem to have a great deal of picnic spots. Many more than what we've seen in other states. Granted, we've only visited about 30 states and mostly on interstates but, now that we are trying to travel smaller highways and byways in an effort to get a real feel for a particular area, Texas seems to stand out as far as having roadside picnic areas. That and Border Patrol checkpoints!