Ship or pick up car in Houston? (and Fort Stockton - yes or no?)

IMO

The flight and fuel will be a lot cheaper than the cost and delay of shipping it.

If you have the time and a good soundtrack, roll the windows down and enjoy the drive!

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This is usually what I do. I've flown and picked up cars/motorcycles as far out as SoCal.

 

If you've got the time, I'd do the drive. I flew from Houston to Scottsdale to pick up my F430, then drove it immediately back to Austin. My only issue was a lack of bluetooth for phone calls/radio, and no cruise control. You could also take a detour to the marfa area. Wouldn't tack on too much time, and some hotels there.

 

Ain't much in Fort Stockton. Shoot for El Paso or San Antonio...T

 

P.s. 10 is easy peasy. Nothing to slow you down except El Paso. It's pretty boring though. Hotel El Capitan is interesting. In Van Horn. Van Horn Cattle Company has decent steak...T

 

Aslan's Coffee Shop ain't bad. Again in Van Horn. Considering you're in the middle of nowhere.
T

 

If you know history, there is a lot in the Ft. Stockton area. Think the Comanche Trail. If you’re really adventuresome you can find Horsehead Pass.


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Roll the windows down? This time of year? Crank up the A/C!


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True, but as an overnight road trip destination?
Btw, if your know of any good grub in that neck of the woods, please share...T

 

Waffle House?


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Scattered, smothered...


Btw, if you're going through Fort Stockton, don't pass up a photo opp with Paisano Pete!
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T

 

Actually all the accommodations suck. The best you can hope for is a clean room and an A/C that works. The problem is Houston to Ft. Stockton is a long pull. Houston to Hell Paso is an even longer pull.

There are some fantastic places in EP, but you gotta have some stroke to find em. And, no, it’s been too long. Everybody I used to know is dead and gone. Desert Dawg might be some help, but he has slipped beneath the waters.

But in terms of history, man oh man, the Pass of the North has it. There’s a pass in Colorado that has the headwaters of the Rio Grande. It runs straight south and hooks left at El Paso. Think lumbering dinosaurs following the water. That’s history.


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I flew San Antonio to Harlingen and back one day, then drive from San Antonio to Anaheim CA in one shot. Of course, I had a great co-pilot/navigator! And, was 20 years younger.

Luling is not too far north of i-10. Two good Q joints there. Across the street from each other IIRC. Buzzie's in Kerrville has been highlighted in Texas Monthly top bbq joints.

At this time of year, Phoenix is in pacific time zone, no? So, you'll save 2 hours heading west and the days are still getting longer. Time zone changes just west of Van Horn, which is near I-10 /20 junction. Noon Houston is 6 pm London. If it were me, I'd do one short day, get up very early next day - make your jet lag work for you - and then a long day.

T

 

Ship it.....drive that run alone??

No way.

It was tough in the Ferrari with a tired co driver.
West Texas is another planet...time stands still and the highway dots are endless.

Balmorrea, would be a notable exception, not sure if they have the problems fixed in the pool??

 

Last time we were in El Paso, we stayed downtown at the ALoft. New baseball stadium downtown, lots of construction and renovation going on, a couple of trendy restaurants in the vicinity, etc. Looks like it needs a few years and some nicer living options to catch fire as a destination...T

 

Marfa and Alpine are probably the most interesting options in that area, and they're even further off I-10. Would love to see pool at Balmorhea one of these days...T

 

Oh Marfa is now a DESTINATION...….but we were talking about bombing west on I10.

Part of my impression might be that we were going west to east, so El Paso at midnight, and eight hours later, of all night driving the dawn showed San Antonio.
8AM on the Monday we were "supposed to be home"....LOL

Time pressure was needless, we should have taken TWO WEEKs instead of four days, but we really didn't think it thru that way.

It was a majestic trip, over 400 photos at my feet here of crazy adventures.
Met up with chatters all the way.

My uncle always urged me to write the story and sell it.