Saturday, February 28, 2009

Lake Mineral Wells - Reststop near Decatur

Man, welcome to Texas. We've spent the last few days in shorts uncomfortably warm at 90 degrees. Today it didn't get above 47 and it's slotted to drop to 27 tonight. Being in Texas, it will change again in a few days back up to the high 80's and then some rain. Ya can't get bored with the weather.

Even in the 20 - 30mph Northern cold wind, I was determined to see some of the park in the daylight. We hiked and climbed rocks around Peneteniary Rock. Another site that will be beautiful in two months. Today it was a lot of fun. I didn't realize Texas had any landscape like this. The city folks come here for rock climbing. Even though I didn't see anything taller than Stony Point in Chatsworth, CA, it was tall compare to the flat landscape we saw the last few days.

We headed on out battling the wind, hoping to make Dallas which is only a couple of hours. We didn't get far before the weather won. We drove by Bridgeport. Very pretty town and seems so out of place. North of I20 in the country is very pleasant. Lakes, green meadows, gently rolling hills. I didn't get a photo, but this is a web photo of a place in the area. This picture doesn't do the area justice.

We're spending the night at a rest stop just north of Decatur. Part of the budget aspect and the wind's just too bad to drive in. The state parks of Texas charge camping fees plus an entrance fee per person. We're taking advantage of being near a town with internet. Clint worked on his website and I added the photos to the last week's worth of blogs. We'll be heading into north Dallas tomorrow.

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