I learned more about Buffalo Gap then I ever expected to know, a town of 466 you wouldn't think much would be going on. John lives next door to a Church of Christ with a large empty space, we were able to park there under a canopy of live oaks and ran a three power cords out to the coach. We managed to conserve water and waste water thru the week. Lots of "spit" baths. Buffalo Gap was aptly named because of a gap between a mountain divide that the buffalo travelled through. It is called Callahan Divide, the mountain is more of a big hill to us Northwesterners. BG is a very old town, there were many historic homes still there that were built in the 1800's, John and Jackie's house was built in 1902, originally a constables house one side being the office and the other the residence. A famous NFL football player grew up in the small town of Tuscola, less than 10 miles down the road, maybe you've heard of him, Tim Tebow.
We drove into Abilene (10 miles down the road, about the size of Salem) to check out all the tourist spots. Frontier Texas was an amazing historic museum (yes I said that). Even I could spend several hours there. They had several exhibits that use holograms of people acting as characters of the old west Texas. The talk about the buffalo hunters made me just feel sick, millions of bison were killed by hunters for their hides. One fact just blew me away, you could spread the bones from the dead from Abilene to Buffalo Gap, walk the entire way (over 10 miles) without stepping on the ground. Gary went to the 12th Armored Division Museum, I enjoyed the lovely weather in the park beside a historic rail road station.
Just down the road from J&J's we had lunch at a quaint Mexican restaurant in a very old building. On the wall was a list of the rules; order what the waitress tells you to eat, if you want coffee, it's in the corner., etc. The food was authentic Mexican especially the salsa. Later in the afternoon we visited Buffalo Gap Historic Village. There's too much history in West Central Texas! There is a famous treatment center in town, Wynona Ryder was there at one time, you could tell when she was in treatment there by the fancy cars mom and sis drove. There were many Bed & Breakfasts in town, supposedly to house visitors to Shades of Hope Treatment Centers.
An Air Force Base is in Abilene. John told us when we were bombing Bagdad, jets would leave from here, refuel in the air, drop their bombs and return to Abilene., I thought all the bombers came from ships or countries if the vicinity.
And of course, we did some geo cacheing. A state park close by netted us 12 caches.
We left Tuesday morning in the rain, a cold front was on the way. Our drive was about 250 miles, the country side changed from low shrubs to taller trees, hills as we closed into San Antonio.
We are staying at Joint Base San Antonio, we will be here for a month. As we pulled in it was about 85 with seemingly high humidity, after we stripped off our long sleeved shirts and jeans it felt delightful. A torrential rain and thunder and lightning storm was forecast, as it turns out the front skirted San Antonio, we have had rain and cooler weather today.
Will try to send blogs more often. TTFN G & P The gap in Buffalo Gap, a couple of miles across.
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