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| We rode to Fort Davis for breakfast Saturday morning. |
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Ate breakfast at the Old Texas Inn. Not the best breakfast. |
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| The town square in Fort Davis |
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| Then on to the fort. |
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| After breakfast we went to the national historic site of Fort Davis. |
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Some of the buildings set against the hills. |
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| David checking things out. |
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The officers quarters around the parade grounds. |
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Some of the buildings didn't have much left. |
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| Next stop was the Fort Davis State Park with a nice overview of the Fort Davis area.
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John by a yucca (John is the one on the right). |
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| The parking area at the overlook was a nice level area. The ride up here was very nice also.
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| By now we were hungry so the next stop was the Black Bear restaurant at the state park for pie.
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| Bob and Dorothy |
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| Up at McDonald Observatory. This was at the Hobby-Eberly telescope. The primary mirror is 11.1 X 9.8 meters.
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| Looking down at the visitors center for the McDonald Observatory |
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| The Prada building a couple miles north of the Valentine metroplex. |
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