San Solomon Spring in Reeves County Texas has an outflow of over 20 million gallons a day. It feeds the giant (1.75 acre) swimming pool of Balmorhea State Park. TSG visited the ginormous swimmin' hole on our first transcontinental road trip in 2002 and it's taken us 20 years to make it back. Sometimes revisiting places that hold good memories results in somewhat of a letdown, but such was not the case this morning. The place is as awesome as we remember.
In our journeys we have discovered that local museums, no matter what their scope, always have something unique--a hidden gem, if you will--that makes a visit worthwhile. The Crockett County Museum in Ozona TX is no exception.
It's love bug season in East Texas and anyone driving the two-lane blacktops knows it. The common march flies are out in their mating frenzy--veritable clouds of them spattering windshields and clogging radiators in their wake. Apparently the concentrated numbers on roadways is due to their attraction to chemicals created when automobile exhaust fumes interact with heat and sunshine.
It goes without saying that a car wash is the first thing on the agenda tomorrow morning.
