All Days are GREAT…some are just better then Others

 

 

Lets start this blog with “lights out” last night…since I knew the temps. where going to drop I got myself all cozy in a sleeping bag and horse blanket over that…all was well with the universe……until about 0130…I woke up to Mother Nature deciding she would show her “bitc…..” side..excuse the French…the winds where screaming in from the north… anywhere from 20 to 40 mph…the Casita was rocking and rolling…since the sides of the Casita where parked north to south…it became quite an ordeal…but I did manage to get back to sleep…and hoped Mother Nature would  do the same!!!

Big Bend landscape

0600..and the inside temp. was at 52…which was great…out side about 38 degrees…I think…the wind was still blowing strong…there was dust and dirt blowing everywhere…not going to be a good day for photography… couldn’t get a decent sunrise shot…made my coffee..and decided to drive to the store for Wi-Fi…its only a mile away… my next surprise…mule was riding rough…something was amiss…stopped, got out looked around…my left rear tire looked low…took a reading…9.5 PSI…its suppose to be 35…drove back…got the compressor out and filled it to 35…since photo ops where about zero today..I thought I would do some Christmas cards..and see how much and fast the psi drops…about that time Barney stopped by…he had come to the store to use the Wi-Fi and decided to stop and see how the winds affected me last night..also mentioned that there was a tire place over at Study Butte…and to tell me he saw a Mountain Lion…..what a great day for him…..well I  did encounter a Road Runner..haha..

Mule Ears

I decided to venture to the tire place…about 50 miles down the road…they found the problem and 45 minutes later and 20 dollars lighter, I was on my back to my safe haven…turned on the Genny to charge everything..and relaxed..still no photo ops with the wind…

Around 1615 I thought I would take a drive to Mule Ears to get a late afternoon shot…wind had calmed down a bit…to the west and south..trip is probably about 50 or so miles…with a speed limit of 45 and a few other stops, it takes a while…got there… took some photo’s and decided to see what the evening light at Santa Elena Canyon would be…by the time I got there the sun had set..and the “magic moments” had escaped….there is always tomorrow…

Mule Ears…another view

The ride back, be it about 70 miles, was a trip to behold…I have never experienced driving Big Bend at this time of evening….twilight to darkness…I was in awe….the landscape, mountains as they set themselves in a silhouette was like going to the prom for the first time…sipping  your first glass of Jack Daniels, getting behind the wheel of your first car….yes it was on par with those experiences…oh well…I digress..

By the tine I got back to the camper it was pitch black…the only light is what the moon and stars provided…camper was 59 degrees…turned on the furnace, ran the Genny for 30 minutes…and now am ready to do some reading and call it a day….Thanks for stopping by…Horst sends