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Riata Inn Marfa

E. Highway 90 - P.O. Box 757 Marfa, Texas, 79843, United States

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Art in West Texas

A travel blog entry by travelswithduke

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... We enjoyed visiting this small town with a big music and arts scene. The Museum of the Big Bend was there since this is the western gateway to the park. We wished we had seen it first before our visit but it was very informative. Our RV park had a dog park with it which Duke thoroughly enjoyed since BBNP did not allow pets on any ...

Back for the Cowboy Social

A travel blog entry by catndeano

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... so we arrived at Marathon just after 2pm. After checking out where the Social would be and confirming that it was pay at the door, we returned to the Marathon Motel & RV Park to check in. We had about an hour or so to spare, so we skyped my parents and then headed over to the community centre just after 3pm. We paid our $15 each fee, found a table and sat down. The evening turned out to be quite fun. We got an older couple at our table ...

Mystery lights in the middle of nowhere!

A travel blog entry by catndeano

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... to the viewing area at around 6.30pm and there was already a few people there with binoculars, staring out into space. We met a group of people that make a habit of coming here and they explained what we were looking for. We then went to have dinner but Cat stayed out talking to the 'experts' and while she was there a light appeared. Dean came out to have a look and then we went back to the van to eat ...

Let's walk, blisters and all

A travel blog entry by vanderkansie

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... 100 years later I could sit in the springs for free, who knows maybe things are getting cheaper. I might have exaggerated a little, I did not sit in the spring, I only put my blistered feet in the water, it was “green down there” – Mariana does that sound familiar, we might be closer related than I initially thought.

We left the park at sundown and saw some deer, a possum and a snake within 5 miles of leaving the park. Johan saw ...

Big Bend National Park

A travel blog entry by wheresgordon

... mined in the mountains and many of the trees were used for construction and fuel for smelting. Grass used to grow on thousands of acres within the park but it has all disappeared and has been replaced by a desert landscape of creosote bushes, sagebrush, agave and cacti, mostly due to overgrazing. Candelilla plants were collected to produce wax. Many animals in all three habitats were wiped out, some intentionally, some not. ...

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