Saturday - Marathon

Left early to ride to Ft. Davis to have breakfast with the BMW club. It was a beautiful morning. The sun was just coming up and we hit cold and warm patches along the way with no wind, it was a great ride. We met up with everyone and had breakfast at the Ft. Davis Cafe. This cafe also has a soda fountain just like in the old days and they also sell fudge. With the bikers and the locals the place was full and hopping.

After breakfast we decided to check out Balmorhea and the McDonald Observatory. As we approached Balmorhea there was a fire just west of town, we saw many fire trucks along the way and the smoke was overwhelming.

We rode thru the Balmorhea Park, they have the largest spring fed pool, to see if this would be a place we would want to stay. All looked good and per the park people Verizon works here. I think this will be our next stop.

Then on to the McDonald Observatory, its a curvy road going up.

On our way home we stopped in Alpine at the grocery store, bought steaks, bacon(on sale), bananas, apples, chips, a bottle of wine and a bag of ice to get everything home.

It was around 12:30 when we returned and warming up to HOT. We lounged in the RV the rest of day, me reading and Pat watching racing. Pat grilled our steak from Alpine and served it up with baked potato and salad.

We were seranaded later as our happy hour place was being used to host a wedding for a local ranchers daughter. The band was still going when we went to bed. Tomorrow it's back to work and who know's what else. Stay tuned.