Eve's Garden Bed & Breakfast Marathon

We went to Fort Davis, established in 1854. It is one of the nations best preseved frontier forts. We stopped at a snake place to see snakes. Mamaw did not come in. We went shopping. After that, we went to Marfia again and we saw more lights this time. The nights are darker here so I can see a lot more stars then back in Zanesville. I even saw the Milky Way!

... desert parks throughout the Southwest, but this place is unique and beautiful. I would love to come back here in the spring and see all the cactus and flowers in bloom! Well, time to head North and check out New Mexico (North). Happy Trails, ~JQ P.S. On the way out of the park, I passed through the tiny village of Marfa, Texas. This is pretty much frack'n no-where, so I was shocked and tickled to see this great piece of road art.

... bones from all the 'game' that the fellas shot including whitetail deer, Oryx, longhorns, horses, wild boars, antelope plus other critters nobody could recognize, lets have another beer. Inside, there are parts of bridles, harnesses, saddles, horse shoes, whiskey barrels, canteens, beer mugs, coffee cans, old beer bottles, crocks, canteens, posters and pictures donated by patrons. The place was full of regulars that quickly gave us a "Howdy, where y'all from, where ya goin ...

... out, this time hoping to stay the night in Terlingua, on the edge of the park (would be a better contender for the "gateway to big bend" title). But both Terlingua and Terlingua Ghost Town were uninspiring places and accommodation unexplainably pricey, so we returned to Alpine and tried another local offering of food and board: the Oak Tree Inn (very nice) and next door Penny's diner which had an interesting but perfectly edible interpretation of spaghetti and meatballs.

... The Mexican side of the Rio Grande is sheer cliffs and the U.S. side is miles and miles of nothing. I think anyone with the determination to survive all that should be met by the welcome wagon. Remembering the cowboy movies I used to watch, I thought this area was pretty flat. However, our little red pick-up had to drop into low gear to get our house over the top of some of the hills. We did an over night at Carrizo ...

This New Year's, Kelly and I decided to try out all the new gear we gave each other for Christmas. So, we loaded the car with everything we could possibly want or need and set out Friday afternoon after work, headed for Big Bend National Park in far west Texas on the Mexico border. We drove 6 hours to Fort Stockton, Texas, where we spent the night at a Best Western. On the way, we stopped for dinner in Junction, Texas, at an absolute gem of a ...

Catastrophe!!! After pulling up for the night out of Tucson, and putting Emily down to sleep, shock horror water works. No BOONGY!!! She had been left in that little plane at the air museum 60 miles back in Tucson. For the unfamiliar, Boongy is Emily's Security blanket and best friend. In the family since Phill was a baby this gift from their Nana in WA has proved pretty resilient over the years and has ...

Big Bend Naitional Park is in remote southwest Texas - NOT close to anything. A full day's drive from El Paso got me there just in time for a good's nite rest at the Park Lodge - pictured on the right with fog rolling in. The Park is a full 7-10 hour drive from Austin or ...

... camp stove.) Oh and by the way the biking is going well. We're averaging about 55-60 miles a day. We should be out of TX in no time (maybe 2.5 weeks.) It is thought provoking when we bike over some of these mountains and then think how the settlers had to do this (can't even imagine.) Well thanks again for staying with us. We'll have lots of stories to tell when we get home. Love you all.

I think that I found the remote section of highway in the US. There were even fewer places to stop on this leg of the trip than either of the previous two. It was more desert some hills then a few trees right before we got into in San Antonio. The drive was about nine hours. That night, we had dinner on the Riverwalk. www.thesanantonioriverwalk.com. Our hotel was across from the Alamo but the room was handicap people.