Spring Training 2026 - Day 68

 It was raining when we woke up this morning.  It rained pretty hard for a while, but as we travelled through Houston it was off-and-on. with occasional downpours then partly cloudy.

There are few ways to avoid Houston going east-west on I-10.  None are convenient.  We experienced heavy traffic along about 50 miles of Houston sprawl.  We stopped at a Buc-ee's west of Houston in Katy, TX, and got a few more things for breakfast and lunches along the way.  The drive to San Antonio was mostly dry but again, lots of road construction with narrow lanes without shoulders.

The traffic in San Antonio wasn't much better than Houston, then we began our travel into the Texas hill country to our stop today in Kerrville, TX.  It is a big upscale RV park, Buckhorn Lake RV Resort.  Judy and I have stayed here several times, most recently on our return from Florida in 2023.

After arriving around 3:00 pm and getting settled in, we watched the launch of the Artemas II rocket on its mission to circle the moon testing technologies needed for the next landing on the moon in a few years.  The name Artemas comes from the name of Apollo's twin sister, who was the goddess of the moon in Greek mythology.  An appropriate name for the follow-on moon mission.

Artemis

I believe we are now officially in the west. Our destination tomorrow is Fort Stockton, TX. literally an oasis in the middle of west Texas.  It has natural water and was a frequent stop on Native American north-south migration routes. Later, settlers and the Army occupied the location, and it became a stop on the railroad and a base for fighting the Indians. I believe we stopped there on every trip we made to Florida and back.

We grilled steaks outside tonight relaxing after a hard drive today.