We're traveling along the vast desert land of west Texas enjoying the interesting rock formations having apple slices and cheese and grapes for lunch on the road when I glanced down to see the gas gauge nearly on empty. No prospects of a gas station in the near future. But when it chugged to a stop, Vernon used the 2 gallons or so of gas he had in a can in the back of the truck. We barely made it to the "Road Ranger" gas station 10 miles after the low fuel alarm came on a second time. It didn't help that western Texas -- from San Antonio (where we started from this morning) to Ft. Stockton gradually increases in elevation by nearly 1/2 mile, so we were going up hill most of the time with very little down hill grades. It was pretty tense for a while!
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| Vernon was fascinated with the rock formations and colors |
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| We made it to the "Road Ranger" gas station to fill up!! Thank you, Lord! |
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| Wind turbines on the long flat mountain tops |
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| Interesting mountain ranges |
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| A common sight in Texas: oil pumps |
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| Our destination today |
Day 4: west side of Houston through San Antonio to Ft. Stockton -- 430 miles
3 comments:
Thank goodness Vernon had extra gas🤗 Lois
Well that added some suspense to the day! Love the picture of the two of you with thumbs up :) Jenni
This is so much fun following you! Nothing like living on the edge to get the blood pressure going :)
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