Corpus

The highlight of Corpus seemed to be the fabulous Mexican neighborhood we stumbled upon.  We had our first BBQ of the trip at Joes.  The place was tiny and Joe was an older gentleman who worked the cash register and then disappeared.  The food was tasty and they gave us a side of bread in a sandwich bag.  Next stop was the local fruit market where no one was speaking English and we got two large bags of produce for $4.  Pretty awesome.  Today we're taking care of some chores then maybe a bike ride down (or possibly up) the beach.  

Marfa to Corpus Krispi

This section has been all about back road "short cuts" and critters.  We couldn't find the road we wanted so Ron decided to turn onto a Texas Farm Road.  Sounds official and looked great until it became smaller and smaller with increasing patches.  We saw some authentic Texas farms and some very confused farmers.  Not a lot of RV traffic. 

Turns out that Texans are really into importing exotic animals for hunting on their ranches.  We saw our first wild zebras and some sort of antelope!  Other sightings along the way include hawks, lots and lots of deer (Ron now wants a deer guard for the front of our truck), armadillos, javalena, wild small spotted gatos, and dolphins.  We stayed at Seminole Canyon and Choke Canyon State Parks and we are currently situated at Mustang Island State Park.  In an attempt to continue on the smaller, lesser traveled roads, we ended up on a ferry with our house.  It was pretty exciting to say the least.

Marfa!

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We finally located some internet in a tiny artistic coffee shop in the town of Marfa.  It took us about 4 days to get to Big Bend National Park with stops in Tucson, White Sands, and Carlsbad along the way.  Ron worked for a about two weeks helping to set up a sediment monitoring program on the Rio Grande River.  We did a lot of hanging out in the evening at the K-bar ranch house drinking Lone Star beer and grilling meat.... Yea Texas.  We did head into the metropolis of Terligua to catch the Red Elvises at La Kiva one night.  After Ron finished his work we decided to take a three day backpacking trip in the Chisos Mountains.  We hiked from the Chisos Basin to the southeast rim and spent two nights in a fancy camp complete with bear boxes and an amazing vista.  Our day hike down the Juniper Trail took us from the 7,000 foot mountains down to the desert floor. Our friends we met along the way told us to check out the town of Marfa.  Apparently a bunch of New Yorkers started a pretty interesting art scene here back in the day (hence the internet coffee shop in the middle of the desert).  Had some delicious pizza at the pizza foundation; the place is in an old gas station but serves some really good pizza.  We plan to head next o the Corpus Christi area and take in some national parks along the gulf coast. 





Ron Pointing to Camp



Chisos Camp



Chisos Camp