We got away from the Lone Star Corral about noon on the 4th, We drove to Hondo and filled up while we could still get gas for $2.00/gal. West on US 90 toward Uvalde and on to Del Rio. We passed a huge lake, and the Mustad National Recreational Area. This is a huge lake fed by Devil's River from the north. It is so large that a portion of it is in Mexico, so the boundary is somewhere out there in the lake. Maybe someone drew a white line on the bottom before it filled, who knows. We had been looking for a place to stop for lunch and we saw a sign that said Bridge repair expect long wait. Just about that time we saw a sign for one of the very nice Texas Picnic areas so we decided it would be a good time to stop and take a break. The picnic area was to out left and up a big hill and we could not see the facilities but there was a large class A motor home pulling a car coming out, so we knew we could at least turn around. Up we went and to our surprise, the facility overlooked the Pecos River. As usual a very nice picnic area with covered tables and a great view of the river. There was a sign that said you could see the mouth of the Pecos River where it empties into the Rio Grand and on the other side was Mexico. The photo today is of the Pecos river and the bridge that is being repaired. This was just north of the picnic area. The mouth is maybe a quarter mile from where we were.
On across US 90 to Dryden and into the Sanderson Canyon. We drove for a long time in this canyon with mountains on both sides and running with the rail road before we got to the town of Sanderson. There was only 1 RV park and they were full but they did have a dry camping spot that we used. In this area, town are not very much, maybe 5 to 10 blocks long and maybe 3 or 4 blocks wide. Down in this canyon there was no radio am or fm no ham radio and no TV, so we did not know who won the election until the next day.
I must say that as usual there was a train less than a block from where we parked and there were several trains during the night. However we did get a good nights rest despite the trains. On towards Big Bend tomorrow.