That’s quite a drive, for groceries!
Hmmmm.....I wonder if they’ve built up/have more stores, since then.
How long ago did you live in Alpine?
They had a grocery store, but not big one with a lot of choices, that was way back in early seventies. El Paso also had stores for clothes, and entertainment! Remember we were young then. . I went back to Alpine about 25 years ago and it had grown some, I remember it had some fast food places.
Here, I looked at this link. https://visitalpinetx.com/food-drink-new/
Also, Ft. Stockton is closer and had more than Alpine did back then.
Just thought I would mention...Alpine gets about 17 inches of rain per year.