We found out at Seminole State Park that we had missed seeing the famous Pecos High Bridge. We had driven over it the day before while we were in a hurry to make the tour on time, and had not noticed that it was anything special. So Thursday morning we drove back a few miles to the bridge overlook, and also to the boat ramp that led down to the river, which is now part of Lake Amistad. We were also able to see the confluence of the Pecos and the Rio Grande rivers.
The Bridge is 273 feet above the river, and replaced an older bridge that was closer to the river, but washed out by a flood. It dates from 1957.
The Pecos River is indeed the legendary river of the phrase “West of the Pecos”.
We drove through Del Rio Texas, and then through a lot of empty ranch land before we reached irrigated agriculture around Uvalde. The wildflowers and bluebonnets (or lupins) were beautiful, because of the recent rains. One sign on a farmer's fence read “Thank you God for the rain.”
We had a small difficulty when our campground guide seemed to imply that there were two KOA campgrounds in San Antonio, and I told Marianne that she must have missed the writeup for the “other” KOA campground. When we stopped to look at the book and map, I was able to figure out that there was only one KOA campground, although the name on the writeup and the advertisement were different. So I had to apologize to Marianne. Luckily we did not go very far out of our way, and we were soon entering the nicest KOA that we have ever seen. Very professionally run, well organized, free WIFI, nice grounds, etc.
We arrived at the campground around 5 PM, and somehow frittered the evening away with phone calls, email, and a visit to Walmart.
Richard and Marianne
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