River Spur

Taking in the sights as we move further south. We're now 2 hours south of San Antonio and only 45 minutes from Mexico. Our travel inquisitiveness stops at the border. You know you're close to the border when Border Patrol vehicles are a regular sight.

What brings us to Crystal City,TX? It's not so much the town, but rather the campground. We have been here before and that stay was memorable. The Triple R RV Park is actually part of a working ranch. During the previous stay we got to see an actual (not staged) cattle roundup. The campground borders pasture and the cattle were brought across the entrance road and herded into pens. The roundup was done by Vaqueros on horseback. Not something you often see in Pennsylvania. We're hoping for a replay, but will settle for just watching the herd.

Our trip here brought us across a vast oilfield, filled with pumpjacks (the above ground portion of the oil well), drilling platforms, and many tanker trucks shuttling the oil. The industrial drabness was made more palatable by the patches and fields of blooming wildflowers.

And Crystal City's claim to fame is....... It's the Spinach Capital of the World. Del Monte has a processing plant here. Apparently Texas and spinach go hand in hand.Read more