El Dorado Hotel Terlingua
HC 70, Box 204 Terlingua, Texas, 79852, United States
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Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Stayed at this HotelEl Dorado Hotel Terlingua
Terlingua a.k.a Ghost Town
I'll start by finishing off our night in Santa Fe.... firstly they are SUPER strict with checking id for buying alcohol here. Sam and I have been ID every time, even had people ask supervisors for 2nd opinions on our ids! But even so it surprised us a little when we were walking out to dinner and a lady driving out of the servo asked us if we had …
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Ghost town, Beer dringing Goats & Chilli Cook Offs
... was much larger as it had a crowd of around 6,000 people attending, (well, that's what the guy on the gate said!). Again we thought about it, then turned around and headed for the scenic River Road instead. This road follows the Rio Grande for part and along the way we made a stop at Contrabando, an abandoned film set, (The Streets of Laredo), which was quite cool.
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Grapevine Hills Hike
... a single cloud. The temperature got down to about 32˚ and we had no problems with anything freezing up. The Photos will tell the rest of the story. I’ve been encouraged to include more video, so I took some of the view at the end of the trail.
When we got back to the car, we had some lunch and then took for a new spot to ...
Of a late breakfast and a cotton wood lunch
... we took our time, stopping at each opportunity we got. The plan was do complete the “Santa Helena Canyon” on foot. And yes, we did it, and it was absolutely wonderful. See the attached pictures. The next stop was the picnic grounds. We will come back with the kids and their attachments for a long weekend early in the new year. Camping spot #5, 7 or 9 it will be. Now if they can just arrange for a little ...
A relaxing swim to Mexico in 115 degree heat!
... one side of the river is the USA and on the other side Mexico! It is the 4th or 5th longest river system in North America and forms a natural border and a very short stretch of the river serves as the border between Texas and New Mexico.
On arrival at the river we literally dived straight into the water to get some relief from the heat!! Some of the Tortoise crew had already arrived and despite the strength of ...
