Pandale

Chasing the Texas sunsets.

 

            Pandale, Texas.  Yes, Pandale.  Lavern, have you ever been there?  Check out the attached photo.  No, I mean check it out now.  What do you think?  That is about as quite a place as you can get.  Most of ya’ll know that I try to head to west Texas every spring to experience the cacti blooming in the Chihuahuan Desert.  And, I always notice this long road that dead ends at Pandale, Texas which is on the east bank of the Pecos River.  Well, I’ve been there now!  58 miles of a questionable road and you can get to a great place to kick back in the crystal clear Pecos River.  IDAHO, FLORIDA, KANSAS, ALABAMA, WISCONSIN, LOUISIANA, CLAIFORNIA, NEW MEXICO, COLORADO, NORTH CAROLINA, MEXICO, ARIZONA, OREGON, OHIO, ALASKA, ONTARIO, MISSOURI, ILLINOIS and TEXAS.  That’s the license plates I could read on this trip.  (not at Pandale)  Why?  Why are they here?  Back to Pandale, Texas.  If you want to go there, contact the Mayor.  Well, appointed by me.  That’s Mayor Easy Davila.  Easy has the only store in Pandale, Flat Rock Crossing.  Easy has some cabins, campsites, and cabanas.  Easy will rent you an inner tube to float around in the Pecos River.  Easy’s cell phone number is 432-553-8175 or try 432-291-3212.  Hey, this all started on the Brazos River with High School Girlfriend and I heading west.  West to Alpine and Fort Davis.  Used to be I would lay the hammer down on Interstate-10 all the way to Fort Stockton.  Well, from now on I’ll be traveling on Hwy. 90 to west Texas.  The King, the grandson, little Dixon Kellner lives two blocks off of Hwy. 90 in Knippa.  Explanation completed.  First stop, Knippa where we spend the night with Dixon and family.  We decide to try Bill & Rosa’s Steakhouse and Saloon in D’Hanis.  Bonnie, have you ever partaked there?  OK, my Vegan friends.  I went overboard.  A 24 oz porterhouse steak.  But, Little Dixon helped me.  He now has almost a full set of baby teeth and he proved he can eat steak.  That was last Thursday night April, 2^nd.

            Friday morning High School Girlfriend and I are off to Alpine by way of Del Rio, Comstock, Pandale, Langtry, Sanderson, Marathon (the Gage) and at 6 pm we are at the Historic Holland Hotel in Alpine.  In Langtry we stopped at Judge Roy Bean’s museum and desert garden.  The garden is a great educational tool of desert plants.  Sanderson, Texas and we stop for a late lunch.  We eat at the RoundHouse Café. (432.345.2481).  Good hamburgers.  Yes, my friends I will get back to my vegetables when I cross the Brazos.  5 pm and we are in Marathon and we stop at the Gage to get that west Texas dust out of our throats.  Did I mention the wind was blowing?  And, I mean blowing.

            All hell breaks loose.  You see, I’ve wanted to stay in that special room at the Holland Hotel, call the Crow’s Nest, since I heard about it 2 years ago.  Well, I planned this trip to Alpine around its availability.  I have a confirmation number.  At the front desk they are telling me that they made a mistake and that the Crow’s Nest is booked.  I’m pissed.  Real pissed.  They know it.  They give me the keys to a fabulous room; it’s not the Crow’s Nest.  I leave to sight see and cool off.  Did I mention that I am pissed?  I go back into the Holland Hotel lobby and demand to know who the owner is.  The answer, answered a few of my questions.  The bank now owns it.

            I’ll finish this story later, a customer just walked in and listed 5 acres so I ought to go put a “For Sale” sign up.

 

craig

 

           

Craig Dickson

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