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(Great Adventures to Scenic Places)

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January 13, 2000

The next morning (1-13) I was off in the direction of Big Bend National Park, but not before fixing a flat tire. I found a small piece of “beer bottle brown” glass in it. That done, I departed down Rt. 118 to Study (pronounced Stewdy) Butte a mere 80 miles away with nowhere to stop in between. Fortunately, I had a mild tailwind today and arrived in plenty of time to set up camp before sunset. On the way down, I passed some very striking individual mountains, many nicely identified (name and elevation) by the Texas Department of Transportation.

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Cathedral Peak

Santiago Peak

Unidentified

I also took a three-shot panorama for Dave at the Home Station

My campground wasn’t great, but it was okay, and it had a laundry room where I did some computer work. I had dinner at “Vann’s Place – a Desert Bistro”. It was a real hole-in-the-wall, but the food was good. I had Texas Chili, which was good, but it’s just meat in a seasoned sauce – no beans, no peppers, no mushrooms. I like Dave Blough’s chili a whole lot better.