I forgot to add this picture of us from our day at Carlsbad yesterday. Yes, those are winter coats!
The wind FINALLY let up late last night (or early this morning) so our drive wasn’t as bad as it could be. We did have miles and miles of road construction and LOTS of oil trucks. We left New Mexico and were soon in West Texas and it is oil country.
We made it to Pecos, Texas around lunch time then decided to check out the West of the Pecos Museum.
Opening in 1963, the historically recognized landmark was once a saloon which was built in 1896 and the Orient Hotel which was added in 1904. The museum displays cover three floors and 50 rooms of exhibits, artifacts, history and Old West Texas lore. We were impressed with the huge variety of things in the museum.
In the saloon the bar keep is animated and tells the story of some of the gunfights that took place there. You can still see the bullet holes in the woodwork around the doors and walls!
Pecos, Texas claims to be the home of the World’s First Rodeo. Not sure if that is true, but they had lots of rooms dedicated to rodeo stuff.
We liked reading about Pecos Bill and seeing the displays.
From Pecos we made our way to Fort Stockton, Texas where we are spending the night. Tomorrow we will visit the Historic Fort Stockton.
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