Alaska 2010 – May 14: Matador, TX

We left San Angelo, TX, truly eager to be on the road again, yet grateful for how well everything had turned out. Our motorhome was running like a dream, life was good! We headed for Caprock Canyons State Park and Trailways, located east of Amarillo, TX, near the little town of Quitaquay (“kitty-kway”).

As we drove north, we could see we were driving toward a black and ugly-looking storm front. Hmmm, would it travel east and we’d miss it, or would we catch it? Unfortunately, it was the latter.

It rained and rained and rained some more for hours, and was finally raining so hard we got off the highway. It was just too dangerous to continue. We stopped in Matador, TX, and wandered around until we discovered the high school parking lot! Being a Friday night, football season was long over, and any baseball games would certainly be rained out, we took a chance and parked there for the night. We were on asphalt, on a slight rise, so weren’t in any danger of getting stuck. We just hoped the police wouldn’t ask us to move in the middle of the night!

We had a quiet night. The rain ultimately quit. No one disturbed us, though a few folks drove by just to look at that big “camper” up at the high school!

Morning came; we wanted a cafe to provide our breakfast on this travel day. Off we went and to our delight we found Billie Dean’s Restaurant/Motel on the main drag heading back to the highway (no website available). We had a good breakfast and got back on the road.

 

This menu highlight tickled us:

Our rig, parked high and finally dry across the street from Billie Dean’s

We continued to Caprock Canyons State Park and Trailways, a short drive north.