Monday, October 4, 2010
Lost Alaskan RV Park, Alpine, TX - Mar 21-23
We came back to Alpine for 3 days to do some more sightseeing in this area and to have cable TV so we could watch the CU Women's Basketball team play in the NCAA Tournament. They made it to the Elite Eight, where they lost to Big Twelve rival Oklahoma. While here, we visited the Museum of the Big Bend at Sul Ross State University, which had a very nice display of cowboy art. The exhibition included bronze works, incredibly detailed pencil drawings, oils, western gear done in silver, boots, spurs, chaps, saddles -- all showing a great variety of talent. Some were trained artists and some were self-taught. Outside the museum is a garden, which displays many species of cacti & native plants of the Chihuahuan desert. We also had the opportunity to eat a second meal at the renown Reata, which is billed as having "cowboy cuisine". We don't think cowboys would recognize this food -- barbeque shrimp enchiladas, portabello and spinach quesadillas???# posted by Doug and Willie @ 9:42 PM 
