Drove away at 10am. Saw a vermillion flycatcher at a picnic stop just south of Alpine on TX-188. Fueled at Alpine. Took US-67 to San Angelo. Oil fields, solar farms and wind turbines as we crossed the Permian Basin. Fuel prices are way up, with diesel > $5/gallon (Ukraine invasion effect). Fueled for less at Murphy’s in San Angelo. We are staying at Goodfellow AFB Rec Camp, which is outside the AFB right on Lake Nasworthy. $15/ night and they have a laundry!
On our second day at Goodfellow AFB RecCamp, we woke at usual time. Clouds are an unusual sight since we’ve had desert blue sky for days. We did two loads of laundry and paged through Escapees magazines left by others. Otherwise, we spent the whole day inside. We ate leftovers for dinner and watched pawn store shows on TV. Crossing the grass, we picked up nasty burrs that stuck to the bottom of our shoes and came off on the rugs!
