On The Way

The temperature in San Angelo was expected to be a very comfortable 78 degrees today, so we needed to leave! Our destination for the next week is a little town north of Dallas, Texas, but mileage and time constraints dictated that we stop overnight somewhere along the way. That’s why we’re enjoying some quiet country time in Santo, Texas.

We’re only going to stay at Coffee Creek RV Resort for one night, but looking around, we’ve decided that many people have decided to skip it altogether! The park is located 3/4 mile north of Interstate 20 and a couple of hours west of Fort Worth, so maybe it’s not remote enough to be attractive. The pool here is very nice, but we haven’t found any other things to do. The nearest town is Santo, about 7 miles away, with a population of 314, and to the north is Mineral Wells, about 14 miles away, and with a population of 15,000. Mineral Wells was the spring training camp for the Chicago White Sox in 1919, the year of the “Black Sox” scandal involving “Shoeless” Joe Jackson. Oh.

US highway 277 took us out of San Angelo this morning, and put us on I20 at Abilene, Texas, where it was a smooth ride into Santo. 

We were interested in how the landscape has changed between Odessa/Midland and here! From sand, dirt and wind, to small scrub bushes, and wind, in SA, to green trees, grass, lakes and wind here in mid state. We’re liking the green stuff alot better!