Museums

We took off from Odessa this morning and headed for Pecos.  It’s on the way to Alpine, and The West of the Pecos Museum sounded interesting,  We headed that direction, and along the way, I saw a sign that said there was a meteor impact site off of the highway.  What the heck, right?  We stopped off and saw what I am pretty sure they said was the second largest meteor crater in the US,  It had a walking trail along the crater, so we took a stroll.  It was different, and the sign warning us about snakes on the path made me glad I wore long pants today.

All in all, it was pretty neat, and only about a mile off the highway.  

When we wrapped up our crater stroll, we got back into the car and headed to Pecos.  We had planned to go to a local barbecue restaurant.  Turns out, restaurants in small towns close for spring break.  No dice on the barbecue, so we tried the place that was supposed to have the good tamales.  Closed.  What’s the deal?  Do all the owners, waiters and staff go on vacation?  I guess so.  We settled in on a place that I still haven’t caught the name of.  It looked like a house that had become a restaurant. The food was spectacular once we finally got it.  It was the slowest meal I had been served in a while, but I don’t remember really enjoying rice and beans that much before.  If all of that extra time was spent making the food more delicious, it was worth the wait.  Still, I would rather have been in and out for lunch in under an hour.  

When we left the restaurant with no name, we went to The West of the Pecos Museum.  it was pretty cool- built in an old hotel complete with a first floor saloon, it had a lot of rooms, each dedicated to a different exhibit about the area around Pecos.  

There were saddles, hats, boots and rodeo equipment in a lot of the space, but there were rooms dedicated to medical doctors, music, the volunteer fire department, a local beauty pageant- you name it, there was a room to explain it in this hotel-turned-museum.  It was pretty neat, but by the time we got to the last hallway on the third floor, it was getting to be a bit much. We both wanted to get in the car and get on the way.  We’re headed to Alpine, now.  I drove to Pecos, so it’s Cas’ turn to drive.  We should be there is under an hour, unless another museum looks cool along the way.  We shall see...