Rest Day

Coleman, Texas

Weather: low 48 degrees, high 64 degrees, rain early, then clear skies, windy to 25 mph

We were wakened about 0530 hours by some quick rain showers that passed through the area within about 15 minutes. Carolyn was awake by then and got up, but I was able to nap until a more respectable hour of about 0730 hours. I felt good!

After our short drive around Coleman yesterday, Carolyn had a little episode with vertigo. She decided she didn't want to go anywhere today in an effort to get the vertigo under control, so we stayed in the RV park. Except for me going into Coleman to the laundromat to wash our clothes. This counts as a rest day for us, and we'll be moving on tomorrow. The weather forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday is calling for cold weather with rain and snow. We'll probably find a place to hunker down for a couple of days until the weather gets better. Not sure where that place will be.

One thing I did today was get a couple more pictures around Coleman. This first picture is a bunch of cattle brands on the wall of the Chamber of Commerce in Coleman. It was fun to look at the brands and try to figure out how they would pronounce the brands - Lazy S, Rocking T, etc. It was my impression that these are local brands used by area ranchers. Cattle ranching was important in the early days of the county and it looks like it still is.

This next picture is of the first library in Coleman. It was run by an unpaid volunteer for over 40 years, and when the new library was opened, it was named for the volunteer. I would think that would be the least they could do.


When we were down in Pecos and looking around the area, we saw from a distance what looked like an impressive building. The building is in Toyah, south of Pecos and just off I-20. Toyah may have been something in the past, but it almost looks like a ghost town now. There are a few people living there, but most of the houses are old and decrepit. We found a way to get to the building we had seen from a distance, and discovered that it was an old high school building. This building really stands out on the desert. There are no trees to speak of, and no other big buildings near it. The building must have been something to see back when it was being used. It sure caught our attention.

More later, be safe.

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