Langtry, TX - Tue 3/13

Carcass day.  We saw dozens of carcasses of deer and other animals along the route today.  The route from Sanderson to Langtry was warm, cloudy, long and lonely with lots of hills and a headwind the entire way.  We were glad to get out of our campground which had the train track on one side and a highway on the other.  All night long we heard a constant stream of trains and trucks.

We usually don't stop at the hundreds of historical markers we come to but we stopped at one today and found that it commemorated an attempted train robbery that occurred EXACTLY 100 years ago today.  The robbers were both killed and the hero honored.

We stopped to the picnic table by the highway to eat honey buns for lunch. 

We got to Langtry 15 minutes before the museum closed so we got to tour the saloon built by the famous judge Roy Bean.  He called himself "The Law West of the Pecos" and dispensed an unusual western style of justice.

There was a trailer for rent nearby so we called it a day, paid the 40 bucks and moved in.

Photos:
Judge Roy Bean 's saloon.
The bar where judge Roy Bean presided.
Historical marker commemorating train robbery attempt exactly 100 years ago.
Trailer we rented for tonight.  Note the building behind that is literally falling down.

Miles: 64  Average: 9.4  (yesterday 's average was 13.6)

The truth from Ruth:  Today Jeff wore a bandanna under his helmet to protect his neck from the sun.  I thought it made him look like a sheik.  Isn't he cute?  (See third photo.)