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  • A Week in the Country-Sedona pt. 2
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  • Solidarity in San Diego
  • Here We Are In San Diego, Part 2
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  • Patagonia Lake State Park, AZ
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  • Last Look Around the Big Bend
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  • Hatch, New Mexico
  • Silver City Respite
  • Silver City Orphans
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  • New Mexican Enchantment
  • Lost Pueblos: Tsankawi and Pecos
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WEST TEXAS ADDENDUM

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We left Big Bend but not west Texas- instead we moved to the beautiful Davis Mountain State Park for a few days. From there we visited the town of Marfa, Fort Davis and the McDonald Observatory.
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We camped under a large live oak tree. This park also has several stone structures from the CCC era (including a lovely lodge in the southwestern architectural style).
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The state park is just up the mountain from the historic Fort Davis. The fort dates from the mid 1800's. It was a stop for wagon trains on the road from San Antonio to El Paso heading toward the California goldfields. Some of the first Buffalo soldiers were stationed there.
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Marfa,TX

We stopped in Marfa a couple of years ago to tour the installations of sculpture @ the Chinati Foundation. For more information on Chinati go to this link: https://chinati.org/programs/exhibitions
​We returned this year to see the new installation by Robert Irwin called Dawn to Dusk.
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We were not supposed to take pictures inside the installation (but of course Shelly did). It's housed in a U shaped building where one walks through the space proceeding from light to dark or from dark to light depending which side you enter from. A minimalist concept that uses shadow and light very effectively. (Robert Irwin also designed the sensory garden @ the Getty Museum in LA)
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Mike and Donna hadn't seen the Donald Judd 100 raw milled aluminum sculptures so we visited them as well.
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After a day of culture we relaxed at the Planet Marfa beer garden.
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McDonald Observatory

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The party is over for now- watch for a new blog next fall!!
  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • The Way Across
  • Chicago and Beyond
  • How the West Was Won
  • Devils Tower to Little Bighorn
  • A River Runs Through It
  • Random Western Views
  • Majestic Mount Rainier
  • Trees of the Great Northwest
  • Hiking Mt. Rainer
  • Random Rainier
  • Strictly Seattle
  • Dungeness Spit and Beyond
  • Waterfalls, Creeks, Deep Forest Glacial Lakes and Family
  • The Great Green
  • Rainforest Rivers and Beaches
  • From Rialto Beach to Cape Flattery
  • A Walk On The Beach
  • Weekend in Westport, Washington
  • Disappointment Awaits
  • The Forest Smells Like Autumn
  • Looking For One-Eyed Willie in Astoria, Oregon
  • The North Oregon Coast
  • Four Days in Portlandia
  • Columbia Gorge to Mt. Hood
  • Waterfalls Walks and the Fruit Loop
  • Around the Bend in LaPine
  • Down Deep at Crater Lake
  • A Birthday Weekend in Chicago
  • Oregon South Coast
  • California Coastal Redwoods
  • Rain and Redwoods
  • Old Friends and San Francisco
  • A Day at Lake Tahoe
  • Mono Lake Magic
  • The Road Ahead
  • Yosemite National Park
  • Gold Mine Gone Bust Bodie, CA
  • Manzanar
  • Owens Lake- Dust Mitigation Project
  • Relaxing in the Alabama Hills
  • Death Valley Daze
  • Red Rock Canyon, Nevada
  • Snow Canyon
  • Canyons Calling
  • We Remember Zion
  • Lower Antelope Canyon-Where the Light Gets In
  • Into the Mystic
  • Looking for the sun in McDowell Mt. Regional Park
  • A Week in the Country-Sedona pt. 2
  • Ancient Arizona
  • Chicago Holiday
  • Back in Time: Tucson
  • Usery Regional Park
  • California or Bust
  • Exploring Joshua Tree National Park
  • Exploring Joshua Tree - Mojave Desert
  • A Week in the Desert
  • Here we are in San Diego
  • Solidarity in San Diego
  • Here We Are In San Diego, Part 2
  • SoCal Sojourn
  • Los Angeles to Dana Point
  • Our Last Days In California
  • On the Borderline-Lake Havasu
  • Superstition Mountains
  • Sedona Redux
  • How green is my desert?
  • World of sound
  • More Desert Love
  • A Quick Stop and a Hike
  • Patagonia Lake State Park, AZ
  • Around the Big Bend
  • Continuing Around the Big Bend
  • Last Look Around the Big Bend
  • West Texas Addendum
  • Hatch, New Mexico
  • Silver City Respite
  • Silver City Orphans
  • Happily back in Santa Fe
  • Hiking the Hills Around Santa Fe
  • That Santa Fe Style
  • New Mexican Enchantment
  • Lost Pueblos: Tsankawi and Pecos
  • The Road Home