Sunday, July 18, 2010
Back one more time
After the bad trip we had a few weeks ago the XO and I tried it again this weekend. We had not intended to do anything that even looked like work so to insure a low impact day we drove down to the Big Bend. On our way down we dropped in to see John Wells at the Field Lab. He left upstate New York for the sunny Southwest about four years ago and has lived a self sustaining life as a recluse (with many, many friends). He was baking a loaf of bread when we showed up and we had a nice chat. While we were talking his longhorn, Benita, showed up to mooch some feed and see who was there. She is as close to tame as a longhorn could be and even allowed the XO to scratch her side. John turned down our offer of lunch at the Grub Shack (waiting for the bread to finish) so we bid him ado and headed back to the hi way and on South to Study Butte and up the river to Terlingua and Lajitas. For those who have never been up the river road from Terlingua to Persidio you have missed the best 70 miles of West Texas. The only problem is the "getting there". For a really nice vacation try the Lajitas Resort or the Big Bend State Park. Look 'em up.
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Is that you and the XO on John's post for yesterday, the 17th? I'm planning my own trip to the Field Lab next month. John is being gracious enough to let me stay a couple of nights in my tent at his place. I'll be using it as a jumping off point to doing some photography and hiking in Big Bend National Park.
I haven't commented on your blog before, but I must say I really like what you've done out there to the Bunker. It looks like a great place. You've really put a lot of thought and work into it and it shows.
It's been a pleasure reading your blog. Thanks for sharing.
Paul
Benita.
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