Fort Stockton, TX - 5,235 Miles

Why did we stop here? Darn good question. We had just finished our longest drive of the summer - 290 miles. The last 50 miles of it in a stiff cross wind. I was tired and we had to stop.

Parkview RV Park is a Passport America park and had electricity, WiFi, and water so we stopped. Otherwise we would have dry camped. It is not a pretty park. It may be the crab grass capitol of the world. One liter pop bottles partially filled with water served as sewer pipe covers. One electrical hookup was in a box being using by a neighboring RV and ours was attached to a light pole wide open to the elements. The WiFi was outstanding - no trees.

Fort Stockton is a little cattle and farm community with no pretensions of being anything fancy. City planning and beautification were subjects probably far from the city fathers' minds. Its biggest claim to fame I believe is the large statue of a roadrunner. Why? I didn't ask. It was the world's largest statue of a roadrunner but I think it isn't anymore.