Tour de Texas-Next Stop

Today we were supposed to be headed to Ft Davis to stay at the Indian Lodge and check out Davis Mountain State Park but we received a call from Texas Parks and Wildlife that both of those places were closed due to a Covid case.  So we quickly adjusted our plans and headed to Midland-Odessa..

In Odessa, I had a three sights on my agenda. First was the Chris Kyle Memorial Plaza.  Chris Kyle was a Navy Seal and decorated veteran who wrote American Sniper of which the movie is based.

This shows the plan for the plaza and reasons behind it.

One of the quotes around the plaza.

Then it was on to the campus of University of Texas Permian Basin to see the replica of Stonehenge.

Caught a glimpse of LW walking.

Following that we found the Shakespeare Globe Theater replica.

Then we drove to Monahans Sandhills State Park.  It's a little park but very cool to see the sandhills.  I tried to use a slide to go down one of the hills. LW recorded it but there were two problems.  One my slide didn't really work and two the videos are not very flattering so you will need to use your imagination.

Saw a jackrabbit.

After some lunch in Monahans at a blast from the past-Bennigans-we headed south to Alpine for the night. Look how beautiful!

Tomorrow will be a tour of the area, including Ft Davis, Valentine, Marfa and Alpine.