We left Monahans Sandhills State Park looking forward to spending the night at Cattleman's Steakhouse in Fabens, TX (just east of El Paso). We arrived about 3:30pm and there was a worker at the gate who guided us to a place to park. He advised us that we could move to a parking area at the top of the hill later in the evening (9-10pm), and that the restaurant starts to get really busy at 5pm.
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| The lower parking area had us parked next to a pond/lake that had some teepees next to it. The lake had white areas along the shore that looked like ice but were probably some kind of salt deposit. |
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| We walked up to the restaurant at about 4:45pm. Though this had been indicated as "less busy", we had a 40 minute wait for a table! Of course, it was the Saturday night before Christmas. They don't take reservations, so you show up and wait for a table. It is rated as one of the best restaurants in the El Paso area so is quite popular. |
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| The meat options - part 1 |
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| The meat options - part 2 |
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| Since we had some time to look around, we looked at some of the objects and pictures they had on display... Label: "Horse 'blankets' for protection against flies and mosquitoes were used by the cavalry around the turn of the century - very rare." |
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| A picture of the horse "blanket" in use |
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| Where we are in west Texas (far west Texas) |
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| This is a working cattle ranch -- they run 3 head of cattle per square mile (640 acres)!!! |
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| One of their delivery trucks |
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| Carl's porterhouse |
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| My filet |
Our dinners were yummy, and we had plenty to have leftovers! We moved Gracie to the upper parking lot at about 10:30pm and spent a very comfortable night. In the morning, two gates that had been closed in the previous evening were now open allowing us to exit easily. A very nice place to spend the night!
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