Search results for: “marfa”
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Brand it: MARFA
In the West Texas region, MARFA is the reigning brand ambassador. We’ve been fortunate enough to pass through the area three times, five years ago in Betty, two in Roxie, and now in Trango. Like Air Jordans to basketball, Coca Cola to soft drinks, or Disney World to amusement parks, we have watched the progression…
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Marfa Marfa Marfa
Four years ago, Marfa splashed across the New York Times as the Coolest Art Town in America. It was the story of Shangri-La in the middle of west Texas nowhere. A place where celebrities can disappear and artists can stay true. We swung through Marfa in November 2018. Now, we returned to see what all…
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Marfa-lous
Fall back had us up at 4:30 in the morning and instead of rolling over, we got up and went, although we were a little surprised to get to the park’s exit and find it padlocked shut. We had a gate code, which we assumed would be a key pad for an electronic open, but…
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Tenacious Fort D
There’s a West Texas Tri-County Triangle of Big Bend country in Fort Davis, Marfa and Alpine, with a Marathon extension. About 30 driving miles separate them from one another but they’re worlds apart in size and vibe. Marfa is an art mecca. Alpine is the largest town and county seat. Fort Davis is tenaciously trying…
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Deep in the Art of Texas
The most inconvenient thing about remote places is that they are really hard to get to. West Texas makes headlines every now and then when mainstream media needs to a tasty travel morsel to titillate the imaginations of their big-city audiences with tales of eccentric artists finding inspiration in remote Marfa, TX. The latest news…
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There’s no I in NE-KS-AR, OK!
We were a grungy hot mess when we walked into the Sunset Grill, but cheery Brianna greeted us with hot coffee like we were regulars. Taking her advice on the off-menu breakfast order of 2 eggs over medium with sausage on Texas toast, we charged our phones and planned the Next Dest that would get…
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Spotlights on the Hi-Line
Montana is different from its North Dakota neighbor. The highway changes from four lanes to two. Pump jacks disappear and big sky opens up overhead. Moving west on US Route 2, we are truly on the Hi-Line where vast expanses of wheat colored fields are peppered with tiny towns of aging silos, Indian Reservations, bar/casino/convenience…
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Fruit of the Bloom
Let’s just go. That’s what we finally said to each other after months of back and forth on whether or not Sheri would get to see carpets of wildflowers if we took a 7,000 mile road trip. If the bloom was a bust, we may as well make an event out of it and call…
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West Texas
West Texas can kick your butt. Last year Big Bend National Park turned up the heat on our visit and the temperatures hit triple digit highs. Same month a year later and the Permian Basin is still in the grip of winter. Cold winds whip through Van Horn, a crossroads of west Texas. Another interstate…
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Key West OG
Poll: Who’s the Key West OG? Hemingway or Buffett? While they both might be drunks, one was a bully, bragger and myth-monger, writing punishing stories of hardship and death while the other embraced outcasts, writing songs you know by heart about experience and choices with an it’s-all-good anthem. On our third day in Key West,…