Ten Second Rule

Day 229

On our journey towards Roswell for a rendezvous with our mothership, we stopped in San Angelo, Texas for a few nights. In the 1800s San Angelo was the western edge of the frontier and was filled with American, Mexican and Native American disputes. In 1867 Fort Concho, one of a series of new forts designed to protect the frontier was built. The Fort was home to cavalry, infantry, and the famous African-American Cavalry, also known as buffalo soldiers by the Native American Indians. 

Fort Concho protected the frontier for twenty two years before being abandoned in 1889. Over the next twenty years the fort was utilized by the residents of the town. In the 1900s efforts to preserve the Fort had begun and resulted in the founding of the Fort Concho Museum in 1929. The fort is now a National Historic Landmark and is the last preserved examples of forts built in the Frontier of the Wild West.

Fort Concho 

The buildings were long and formed a giant square. 

School house at the Fort. 

Cutout of a cavalry soldier standing by his bed. 

Standard bed for the military men at the Fort. 

Military uniform in 1884 and blanket bag. 

Regulation buffalo winter coat was used in 1867. The coat was extremely heavy, making it hard to function while wearing, especially when the fur became wet. 

After a day of exploring, we decided to bbq some ribs for dinner. These were precooked ribs smother in bbq sauce.

Does the ten second rule count on a rack of ribs? In an effort to flip the ribs over, they slipped out of the tongs and landed on the ground, hitting my leg and foot as they went down. Just a little Texas spice added to the ribs I told Lori. 🤦‍♂️