Presidio

 

After touring the park we decided on a different road trip to the west of Lajitas some 40 miles to the border town of Presidio. This road is claimed by Texas Highways as one of the top 10 scenic in the country, so we had to give it a go.

 

This is a beautiful two lane road that follows the Rio Grande all the way from Lajitas to the little town of Presidio with views like below all the way. There are plenty of pull over spots to take pictures and on the day we went little to no traffic ... nice easy pace.

 

Arriving in Presidio we did some restaurant reviews and settled upon the El Patio place below. There were only a couple of choices for places to eat so we ventured in. This is a very typical place for a small town in very west Texas.

 

The place was busy but the owners hustled at an unbelievable pace; one owner here taking orders in rapid fire English and Spanish alternatively. We all had representative Mexican egg or brunch type dishes and everybody thought it was excellent ... especially for about $8 for a large plate of food.

 

On the way back down the same highway we did stop at one place for photos and here is Jo-Anne getting to wade across the Rio into Mexico.

At the same spot an adobe structure that represented the mud brick construction used successfully here for many hundreds of years.

And a rather prolific and beautifully shaped cactus ... wow!

Arriving back to our B&B we were greeted by this guy who enjoyed the last evening at the place with us.

 

This whole area of southwest Texas is a beautiful and spectacular piece of the world that should be on everyone's bucket list; but our time was up and the next day we piled into the trusty Terrain and began the trip back to Dallas.