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 January 9, 2025 What we believe is a "first time thing", we saw rain last night. Freezing temperatures this past week with a storm that people hoped would bring snow to the mountain top delivered a little rain. We had ice cycles hanging from the RV this morning. This is the first rain since May 2024. It is supposed to warm up by the weekend with temps in the 50s and 60s.  We did take a drive around the area looking at areas we traveled 5 years ago. Stopped and talked to one home owner up on the mountain. We drove past his place when it was being built and thought what a wonderful place. The view was amazing with all glass windows on the south side going up two stories.  He said they build during the pandemic as a place to get away from it all: they surely did.  Always amazed at the size of rock that has fallen from the mountain side and wonder when it happen and if anyone saw it happen.  I am  standing in front of this bolder.  As you drive around the...
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 January 5, 2025 This past week we did a little exploring into the Big Bend State Park which lays about 20 miles west of Study Butte along HWY 170. We purchased a day pass in Lajitas and then drove for about one hour to the entrance into the park. It did not take long after entering the park that we got lost. The dirt road weaves inside and out of the park and we thought we were on the right track. We ended up on road 169 going north.  We spotted this along 169. Stands maybe 30 feet tall. Not sure if it is stainless or granite.  Road 169 did connect with HWY 67 and we did know where we would end up. After roughly 120 miles we ended up in Marfa.  We had stayed in Marfa before. This is were we ran into one of the stars from the TV show Young Sheldon. Also the movie Giant was filmed just outside of town back in the 50's staring James Dean, Rock Hudson and Elisabeth Taylor. Large billboards of the Movie. James Dean Elisabeth  Taylor This is new, we think it is the o...
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 December 29, 2024 Last post of 2024.  This past week we headed west on 170 past Lajitas to explore what was a native sleeping area in the Big Bend State Park (not to be confused with the Big Bend National Park) about 40 miles from Study Butte. Each hole is a sleeping area in the rock.  Robin, the RV Park owners mother, was our tour guide. She had visited the area, spending quite a bit of time with her daughter exploring the area and was a wealth of information. In walking around the area and climbing up the rocks you could see the areas where the natives carved out the rock for sleeping quarters.   There were 50-100 of these areas carved into the rock from ground level up the hill side. There was still an adobe structure on site as you can see from the pictures. When we left the area, a dirt road leading back toward the mountains called to me so I had to explore. It went back for a mile or so, winding its way to the edge of the mountain. It looks like an area t...
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 December 20, 2024 We have been in Study Butte for a week now and have enjoyed every minute. The weather has held at 75 degrees daily with lows at night about 45. We do have to turn the heat on early morning and air conditioning in the late afternoon but we can handle that. We spent a day in Big Bend National Park on Tuesday. It was a 25 mile dirt and rock road within the park that took us 4 hours to complete. We did meet two motorcycles and two trucks on the route coming from the opposite direction.  We ended up backing up for about 1/4 mile and hugging the side of a hill to let the two trucks pass.  It was a 35 mile drive to the trail and 50 miles after the trail to get back to our campsite. Yesterday we drove back to Alpine, TX to pick up a prescription for Diane, get the Jeep washed and pick up some groceries. This is a 80 mile trip one-way. We also stopped at the local library so I could download and print out the schematics for the electrical system in the coach. Th...
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