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Brewster County Texas: Alpine/Terlingua
Hubby and I are planning a visit to the Alpine/Ft. Davis/Terlingua
area of Texas this November and are looking for information from folks who have been there. Now before you get all "started" with the Big Bend National Park and all that camping, hiking, kayaking, mountain bike riding kinda stuff, let's remember please, that Auntie Em is NOT an outdoor person and most assuredly will NOT be engaging in such activities. (Aside from a scenic drive through the park just to see what all the hub-bub is about and "maybe" just "maybe" chatching a glimps of a aoudad, javalina and possibly a puma.) We are wondering what the best places to eat are, other nightlife, good "souviner" spots and the like. We figure that we will go to the observatory and probably the hot springs at the Rio Grande, a few ghost towns (hubby likes that historical stuff) . And absolutely the Marfa Spook Lights - which, along with eating at "the Kiva" and the "Starlight", I expect to be the highlight of the journey. Any Big Bend lovers out there? Em The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second half by our children. --- Clarence Darrow (make that YOUR children). |
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Your limitations rather take the wind out of my sails!
-- ***** *****The "return to" address embedded in this mail is wrong as an antispam measure. Please address new mails or replies to edwarddotharrison1atbtinternetdotcom replacing dot with a . and at with an @***** ***** "Auntie Em" wrote in message ... Hubby and I are planning a visit to the Alpine/Ft. Davis/Terlingua area of Texas this November and are looking for information from folks who have been there. Now before you get all "started" with the Big Bend National Park and all that camping, hiking, kayaking, mountain bike riding kinda stuff, let's remember please, that Auntie Em is NOT an outdoor person and most assuredly will NOT be engaging in such activities. (Aside from a scenic drive through the park just to see what all the hub-bub is about and "maybe" just "maybe" chatching a glimps of a aoudad, javalina and possibly a puma.) We are wondering what the best places to eat are, other nightlife, good "souviner" spots and the like. We figure that we will go to the observatory and probably the hot springs at the Rio Grande, a few ghost towns (hubby likes that historical stuff) . And absolutely the Marfa Spook Lights - which, along with eating at "the Kiva" and the "Starlight", I expect to be the highlight of the journey. Any Big Bend lovers out there? Em The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second half by our children. --- Clarence Darrow (make that YOUR children). |
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Auntie Em wrote in
: We figure that we will go to the observatory and probably the hot springs at the Rio Grande Unless things have changed in the past ten years, there's a chance you might need to check to see if you can do the hot springs, which are at the end of a not-the-best dirt/sand road. It's not that you need any special or 4WD vehicle to do it -- we did it in the crummy van we rented -- but if your car happens to be particularly low-slung it might get hung up. Normal plain-old sedan is fine, but a sports car might not be, if you were planning to be in one. -- Jim Battista A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man. |
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On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 17:45:54 GMT, "Mike Hanlon"
wrote: "Auntie Em" wrote in message .. . Hubby and I are planning a visit to the Alpine/Ft. Davis/Terlingua area of Texas this November snip We figure that we will go to the observatory and probably the hot springs at the Rio Grande, a few ghost towns (hubby likes that historical stuff) . You'd probably figure this out yourself anyway, but be sure to make it to Castelon. If you're lucky (or you plan) you'll get a ranger-led tour of the old cemetery. Two-or-three years ago, the story the ranger (ok really a volunteer) told of a typical Mexican/Indian burial was very touching. That sounds great. I will be sure to put in on our list. I am pretty sure that we were planning on hitting this ghost town, however, I didn't know about the possibility of a tour and that makes it sound even better. Thanks. Em The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second half by our children. --- Clarence Darrow (make that YOUR children). |
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