Marfa!

Hello All!

  

 

We finally located some internet in a tiny artistic coffee shop in the town of Marfa.  It took us about 4 days to get to Big Bend National Park with stops in Tucson, White Sands, and Carlsbad along the way.  Ron worked for a about two weeks helping to set up a sediment monitoring program on the Rio Grande River.  We did a lot of hanging out in the evening at the K-bar ranch house drinking Lone Star beer and grilling meat.... Yea Texas.  We did head into the metropolis of Terligua to catch the Red Elvises at La Kiva one night.  After Ron finished his work we decided to take a three day backpacking trip in the Chisos Mountains.  We hiked from the Chisos Basin to the southeast rim and spent two nights in a fancy camp complete with bear boxes and an amazing vista.  Our day hike down the Juniper Trail took us from the 7,000 foot mountains down to the desert floor. Our friends we met along the way told us to check out the town of Marfa.  Apparently a bunch of New Yorkers started a pretty interesting art scene here back in the day (hence the internet coffee shop in the middle of the desert).  Had some delicious pizza at the pizza foundation; the place is in an old gas station but serves some really good pizza.  We plan to head next o the Corpus Christi area and take in some national parks along the gulf coast. 





Ron Pointing to Camp



Chisos Camp



Chisos Camp