And My Number One Favorite Big Bend Adventure…

The convergence of sunrise and moon set over Santa Elena Canyon

Leave it to Lynne to have some fancy app on her phone that tells the exact position the moon will be setting on any given day.  She had done her homework to learn that it would be setting right in the crack of Santa Elena Canyon on the morning after the full moon….as I understand it, a one out of 365 day chance to hit the “sweet spot.”  Continue reading

Beam Me Up, Marfa!

Arriving at the Marfa Lights Viewing station, I am impressed to find such a fancy structure erected all for the purpose of viewing lights on the horizon which may or may not exist. The “Marfa Mystery Lights” have been reported to appear in various colors, darting about the horizon on a clear night, morphing into varied shapes. There are many theories as to the cause of the lights Continue reading

Trials and Tribulations of a Tumbling Tumbleweed

Finally the weekend arrives, and with it comes my long anticipated vacation.   Having planned to make a couple of stops in between Balmorhea and Big Bend, I awake to the rock and rolling of a rip roaring wind like I have yet to experience in the Winnie.   I radio Lynne to ask her if she is concerned about traveling with the wind this gusty. Continue reading

Separation Anxiety

It was cold and dark in the trailer park when Lynne and I hitched up and rode on out of ole San Antone, bound for West Texas.  Daylight Savings Time had ridden in as we were riding out.  No debate here, if you are a 9 to 5’er, you understand why DST is a good thing!

It was 369 miles to our next destination, so we would be driving most of the day.  Continue reading