FORT STOCKTON, TX.  Back to civilization, meaning wifi, Verison coverage, satellite GPS service, fuel stations for motorhomes, etc.  Texas is quite large, as you already know, but this means driving hundreds and hundreds of miles to go from one place of reasonable functionality to another.  There are a handful of very large cities, and a few towns with stores where you can get the things you need, then hundreds of miles of absolutely NOTHING.  Out there are roads and road signs that lead to town consisting of collections of structures (some falling apart) all across this huge state, but heaven only knows what it must be like to live in any of those places.

Today we drove mostly on U.S. 90 along the Mexican border.  At one point we were shunted off the road into an area of border patrol officers who questioned us a while, then let us continue.  They said that within 100 miles of the border you are subject to being stopped and questioned.  We also followed the Pecos Trail.  We stopped at a picnic area for lunch and realized we were at a scenic overlook of the Pecos River.  We took photos of it (see below), then continued on over the bridge that crosses the river.

Pecos River Bridge

Eventually we made it back to I-10, which was far windier than the very windy drive we had all day.  What a windy place this is!  The misdirection that led us south to U.S. 90 rather than north to I-10 turned out to be one more act of God's providence, directing us to a place with lighter traffic and wind.