The wheels were rolling before 0700 this morning. El Paso had the highway shut down in two
spots that caused some delay in the traveling effort for today. 325 miles later
the Teams are camped in Davis Mountains State Park in Fort Davis, Texas for the
night. The Castle waited patiently while the Truck went for a ride on the
skyline drive.
It is hot here at 5200 feet of elevation so we chose to
stay just one night. The current plan is
to go back to Rockport and wait for a grand kid to be born. Rockport doesn’t get as hot as the rest of
Texas.
Back in Rockhound State Park there was only one snake
this trip and it was not a rattlesnake to my surprise. It was a small 12”+- orange snake that was
fairly fast. In face all three shots
with the camera came out very blurry.
What is the name of the snake is my question.
A pretty white flower also caught my attention late last
night. The bees were working it over
pretty heavily so caution was needed while taking this next picture.
Lately the Truck has been getting better fuel mileage to
my surprise. There had not been a chance to check it until today. For the 325
miles today the Truck while towing the Castle averaged over 15 mpg instead of
the 12 mpg in the past. Why is not known but it is appreciated by my credit
card bill.
Tomorrow will be another rolling day in the heat as the
Teams head toward a new location for trying to have tooooo much fun. TheOFM.
I hadn't realized that Rockport is cooler. I thought that Alpine and Kerrville were the cooler summer spots in TX.
ReplyDeleteIt is fun reading about you having toooo much fun!
Happy Trails, Penny,TX.
www.pennys-tuppence.blogspot.com
Rockport has saltwater on three sides of it that moderates the upper and lower temps a lot. It usually runs about93 in the day and 83 at night during the summer. The humidity makes itself well known though.
DeleteNice flower pic but I have no idea what it is. When the gas mileage is good, the trip must be all downhill LOL!!
ReplyDeleteBarney maybe the altitude is affecting your truck's carburation?
ReplyDeleteJennie, no carb on a diesel truck. The truck computer does modifiy things according to heat and altitude.
DeleteThe flower is a some variety of jimson weed also known by many other names.
ReplyDeletePart of the improved mpg may be the change from winter to summer gasoline formulation. The rest of the improvement may simply be fate or maybe that last 'full' tank was not quite as full as you thought.
Gasoline formulations have no bearing on diesel engines.
DeleteThank you for the identification of the flower.
I really enjoyed Hood Park when I lived in the area.
Ok, I thought I posted this early but we had a power outage for a couple of hours and my internet was out. I think I might have an answewr for you on the Orange snakes. Check out my blog for photos under, Critters Tab. Hope this is helpful. http://giddyupgumbo.blogspot.com/
ReplyDeleteThank you. It was a lot like Groundsnake 2.
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