Marfa, United States

In our continuing effort to avoid Hurricane Ike, we decided to stop for the night in a little town called Marfa in west Texas. Famous (well sort of) for its artists community and some 1980s artist named Donald Judd--who neither of us had ever heard of--it ...

... I had a spare, and everything was fine.  I bought a new spare from a little tire shop as I pulled into Marfa. I explored a little, and then stepped into the Hotel Paisano, which was absolutely beautifully restored.  They let me look at a few ...

The next day looked around Ft. Davis a bit, then we drove to Marfa. Both towns are very small West Texas towns. Neither has a movie theater -- you have to drive 90 miles to Alpine (it has one screen). But both have charming county courthouses which like ...