Thursday, October 12, 2023

Eric & I Drive Southeast to Midland, Texas




The Staff At The Valley of Fires
Thank You For Your Visit 
Please Come Again






Driving East on





Eric & I drive past Smokey
Capitan.





My first sighting of
colorful fall leaves





An Amish Horse & Buggy
Warning Sign





escaped from in Lincoln
 on April 28, 1881







An abandoned building 






This road has lots of
curves.





We are now driving
East.




Welcome to Roswell







I think these are Pecan
Trees.






We join a line waiting for a
Pilot Car in a Construction
Zone.





Eric tells me that this type of
road work is Hot In-Place 





The fire generated by this piece
of equipment melts the Asphalt.







The original Asphalt is heated up, removed from the roadway, and transferred into a "hopper," where it is sprayed with Liquid Asphalt.  It is then moved to a Spreader which distributes the mix onto the old road surface at a predetermined thickness.  A Roller compacts the new layer of Asphalt.  (A timelapse video of this Road Construction process)

According to Road Construction websites, this is an economical way to replace a road surface.






We return to the newly
recycled Asphalt lane.







The Pilot car will turn around & guide westbound drivers through the Construction Area.










The Welcome to Texas
sign has lots of stickers
added by travelers.






Entering Central 





Eric Takes a picture of me
driving with an Oil Derrick
in the background,




An Oil Refinery

The smell of Petroleum
hangs in the air...




Welcome to Seminole

#1 Oil Producer
#1 Cotton Producer 
#1 Peanut Producer
#1 People Anywhere





Driving South on






Water mirages ahead...










Exiting to Farm to Market
 Road 1788, toward the








Midland's L is an
Feel The Energy





Eric & I arrive at
Lucky Star RV Park.







We are here to see the Annular Eclipse on Saturday, October 14th.  Can't wait!

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