Langtry, Tx.

On our way to Langtry, Texas we had to cross this bridge and because they are working on it, there's only one narrow lane. It was a little spooky.

Prior to crossing the bridge, we stopped at a rest area where you can view the bridge. This is the area where the Pecos and Rio Grand Rivers merge.
Here I am washing the coach at the rest area. I have a set-up so I can wash the coach with my own water.

After washing the coach, I sat on the wall eating my lunch and contemplating the problems of the world. That's Don next to me.

We are approaching the center of Langtry, Texas.

In this shot I and in a parking lot looking at the center of Langtry. The dead tree in the center of the road defines it as a rotary. To the right of that tree is the campground.

This is the Jersey Lily Saloon where the Judge tended bar, had a pool hall, and held trials.

The Judge was the only law west of the Pecos.

This is the Judges home, which is only one room.

Some information on Lantry, Texas.

This is one of the town homes or what remains of it. I took this picture from our front window. The population of Langtry is 17.

The one and only campground in and around town. It has six full hookup spots for $15 per day.

The end of a beautiful day and here we are at $3 dry camping for the night in the center of Langtry, Texas.

Bracketville Texas

Here we are in Bracketville at Fort Clark Springs campground. Our friends Don & Lucy are also here.
There isn't much to see or do in Bracketville so we took a ride to show Don & Lucy where "The Alamo" movie set is. As you can see, the gates are locked and it is posted as closed.

Well.....as we were parked at the gate taking pictures of the signs, a women drove to the gate, opened it and came to talk to us. We explained that we had traveled from Mass, and Maine to see the Alamo movie set.

At that, she invited us in for a personal tour conducted by Rich Curilla who is an Alamo Historian and plays the sheriff in town.

It was great, we had the place to ourselves and Rich was so informative on the past, present, and future plans for the Alamo.

We took too many pictures to post but this is the Fort which is separate from the town. John Wayne's Alamo was totally shot here between the town and Fort.

Most of the wagons are the real thing and not reproductions.

Main street in the town

Looks like a saloon where the card game was broke up.

Of course, all famous towns must have their famous barber shop.

Joyce, Richard, and Don discussing the possible future plans for the town which will include a steam railroad to shuttle people from the parking lot to the town.

Back at the campground, we call it a day. Tomorrow we head on down the road.

Will It Ever Stop Raining???

Last night we stayed in Lake Casa Blanca International State Park in Larado. We only stayed the one night.
We are heading to Bracketville, Tx. to see The Alamo movie set that we visited last year.
On our way we passed through a small town and this looks like it was a hotel.....once!

Rain, rain, rain, we just can't seem to get away from the cold rain. We have only had a hand full of days where the sun has shown. Getting depressing.

We are on route 83 and it took us through some old towns.

Most of the cemeteries are loaded with plastic flowers and such. We passed one cemetery that even had a chain of plastic flowers weaved into the fence.

We also saw a lot of produce for sale along the road.

And here's a shot of one of the rest areas along route 83. Shame on Texas, it doesn't look like they ever empty the barrels.

We have made it to Bracketville only to find out that the Alamo movie set is closed. It seems that the women that owned the property, died and now they don't know what will become of the property. I hope someone saves the place, it would be a shame to let it rot away.

Today We Visited Brownsville and Harlingen

In Brownsville we drove as far as the border then took a right.
Then we drove down main street where we saw as many cars with Mexico plates as Texas plates. There are a lot of duty free shops along here where you can find a lot of junk.
After leaving main street we took a back road back to Harlinger. This road followed the US Mexico border. See the fence, we drove up to the opening only to run into a farmer that standing by his truck while his cattle grazed. The fence at this spot is inland from the actual border. Yet in so areas of the fence, there were towers with cameras mounted with spot lights.

Once we made it back to Harlingen, we drove to the old section of town to see the Harlingen Murals.

We weren't able to get pictures of all of the murals.

We did get pictures of 13 of the murals.

That's me!

Some were on the backs, fronts, and sides of buildings.

There were a couple that had been painted over.

This is the original old main street.

Tomorrow we head out of here in search of other things of interest.