It's A Long Way To Anywhere

Day Two of our trip proved three things.
1) Spring Break with friends is great.
2) Sometimes, places are 50 miles from gasoline and hamburgers.
3) Highways through the mountains are rarely well lit.

Things are going well on the trip. We started off with some swimming and I even tried my hand at snorkeling. I loved the view under the water, and sincerely hope the fish did not mind my intrusion. After that we headed to Alpine, to the smallest brewery in Texas. It follows German purity laws (which I pray refers only to beer), and I enjoyed the food, while non drivers enjoyed some beer.

Like the bandit attacks of old, Fort Davis repelled our incursion with a 5 o'clock closing time. Instead, we enjoyed the Largest Rattlesnake Exhibit in the World. The snakes were suitably impressive, and the owner was a real character. One of the best parts of trips is meeting new people, and Buzz, the owner, was fun to meet. Born in Upney, London (small world huh?), he runs the rattlesnake exhibit in Fort Davis, which is quite the journey of a lifetime. He clued us in on some good places to visit, and told some good engineer jokes too. Thanks Buzz.

The Marfa Lights lived up to their mystery, by asking the question "Why would seven people drive fifty miles to see some lights which may not really exist?" Adventure is why. We didn't see the lights, but the stars were wonderful and time with friends is never wasted. Fingers crossed that today is as interesting.