When I left Santa Fe this morning it was cold and when I arrived in Fredericksburg it was STILL cold. The day was completely overcast and very cold - which made it very hard to stop and take pictures and to look for letterboxes. From Santa Fe to Roswell was an uneventful drive. I made my way to Cahoon Park in Roswell to look for three boxes (well actually two - one was reported missing). I found none. I hope I was in the right place, and if I was in the right place then that means that all three are missing. I was a little disappointed. So I got back in the car and headed for Odessa. There were six boxes on my list - one said it may be missing - I decided not to even check due to time constraints.
The drive from Roswell to Odessa was flat and full of oil pumps and pretty much nothing else. When I finally arrived in Odessa my first stop was the Comanche Trail Park. I started my walk and passed a small playground that was flanked on its corners by concrete animals. One of them was a lion - of course I had to take a picture. That picture ended up on my
As I See It blog. I found two boxes by Lone Star Quilter and BootsTex on this trail. I enjoyed my walk, but it would have been better if it wasn't so cold. Then I headed to the
University of Texas of the Permian Basin for two more Quilter/Boots boxes. One was placed not far from a
replica of Stonehenge 
and the other was placed near the
first Texas home of President George Bush and Barbara Bush. All in all it was a nice tour of the campus. After finding these four boxes I looked at my watch and decided I had better get back on the road if I was to make it to Fredericksburg before it got too late. From Odessa I made my way down to I10 (mainly because that was the fastest way - 80mph - WooHoo!) and drove without a problem to the exit for US290. At this point it was getting dark and a thick fog set in. This slowed me down quite a bit. At times the fog was so bad that I had to slow down to 30mph. I would have loved to do this drive during the day - I had the distinct feeling that it is a beautiful drive. Unfortunately with the dark and the fog I had a creepy feeling for most of the way. But I arrived safely and without incident. I am sufficiently wiped out. I am going to get a good night's sleep and hopefully I will be able to do a little letterboxing in the Hill Country.
The drive from Roswell to Odessa was flat and full of oil pumps and pretty much nothing else. When I finally arrived in Odessa my first stop was the Comanche Trail Park. I started my walk and passed a small playground that was flanked on its corners by concrete animals. One of them was a lion - of course I had to take a picture. That picture ended up on my As I See It blog. I found two boxes by Lone Star Quilter and BootsTex on this trail. I enjoyed my walk, but it would have been better if it wasn't so cold. Then I headed to the University of Texas of the Permian Basin for two more Quilter/Boots boxes. One was placed not far from a replica of Stonehenge 
and the other was placed near the first Texas home of President George Bush and Barbara Bush. All in all it was a nice tour of the campus. After finding these four boxes I looked at my watch and decided I had better get back on the road if I was to make it to Fredericksburg before it got too late. From Odessa I made my way down to I10 (mainly because that was the fastest way - 80mph - WooHoo!) and drove without a problem to the exit for US290. At this point it was getting dark and a thick fog set in. This slowed me down quite a bit. At times the fog was so bad that I had to slow down to 30mph. I would have loved to do this drive during the day - I had the distinct feeling that it is a beautiful drive. Unfortunately with the dark and the fog I had a creepy feeling for most of the way. But I arrived safely and without incident. I am sufficiently wiped out. I am going to get a good night's sleep and hopefully I will be able to do a little letterboxing in the Hill Country.
1 comment:
Frederickburg is lovely!
Wonder why the Hill Country seems to get lots of fog and rain. We experienced the same, but with torrents of rain added in for as mysterious, spooky and stressful drive.....over lots of hills, of course.
We did enjoy a few brief moments of verdant green hills and goat dairy farms, though.
Hope tomorrow is a bright sunshiney, and warmer day for you!
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