Thread of West Texas/Southern New Mexico & Arizona/CaliMex Border Adventures

wow, that last one is gorgeous!

Oh wow that is soooooo beautiful! Which telescope are you using? I hope the HJS aka "my" telescope :)

Cool blog on super-ancient Western American history: http://westerndigs.org

yes that is the hjs, xp!

Forgot to come back and mention what a fantastic time we had in Marfa and environs back in October. Thank you, caek and dan, for the good advices. It was the most relaxed I've ever felt on vacation. AMD made a nice post about it, and she included a few of my pix too.
http://fear_ants.blogspot.com/2013/12/see-mystery-lights.html

"LAME gallery" is my favourite graffiti of all time

we laughed pretty good at that

The pizza place right beside there got high praise from folks, but always seemed to be closed. Next time.

it's good, but i haven't seen it open for maybe 18 months

Prada Marfa vandalized again: http://bigbendnow.com/2014/03/guerilla-artist-stirs-it-up-with-prada-marfa-vandalism/

yeah the dude was arrested in omaha or something last week i think

ok waco

http://marfapublicradio.org/blog/editor-of-glasstire-talks-about-breaking-news-in-the-art-world/

I'm driving out to Austin Psych Fest next week and am figuring out where I need to fill in the map. Last time I went out through Marfa and back through Lubbock and Santa Fe. Right now I'm possessed with a couple things: visiting Salvation Mountain before it's consumed by the fates (Leonard Knight died in Feb), getting lunch at Camacho's in El Centro, a mocha shake from Bentley's Coffee on Speedway Blvd. in Tucson, breakfast at the Bisbee Breakfast Co., and on the way back I'd like to get to at least one supposed Roswell UFO crash site.

Anything else is up in the air. What's going on out there over the next two weeks?

carlsbad caverns? (although the bats aren't in full effect yet)

Haven't been to the caves since the 70s. Def. thinking of stopping there.

if you've never been to hotel congress in tucson, its a cheap & charming place that makes for a good halfway spot between austin and LA (are you coming from LA?)

i just got a room there 2 weeks ago

The Murray Hotel in Silver City, NM is a cool place and an absolute bargain: http://www.murray-hotel.com

At risk of sounding like a damn tourist, Silver City itself was actually a great place to hole up in for a bit.

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Ever wanted to know what the SE corner of New Mexico looks like? Inadvertently found a geocache - I left a band flyer.

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http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7322/14149608545_9c5634e56a_z.jpg

good one

Hi

HI!!! How is it, other than Hot As Fuck?

It is a dry heat!