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DianaT
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Over 5000 miles - Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Oklahoma
Just a few pictures from a few of the places we visited on our most recent journey. We try to stay off of Interstates and hit back roads when
possible and go where we have not been before. I have not put together all of the journey on Snugmug yet, and I won't repeat many of our comments we
shared on facebook, but I just wanted to share a bit of what was a GREAT trip. ---
One of the many interesting plants at the Chihuahuan Desert Nature Center outside of Ft. Davis, Texas --- GREAT place.
An old spirit lurking at Fort Davis
Big Bend National Park ---
Luckenbach, Texas
The River Walk in San Antonio --- too cold for many tourists.
An arrest that was quite gentle and humane.
Looking for the Jenny in Grand Isle, Louisiana
A couple of bayous on the coast of Louisiana
Plantation and graveyard along the Mississippi River --
A typical sugar cane factory in Louisiana
Why the colors of the hardwood trees in the Ozarks had lost their color.
The only high rise building ever designed by Frank Lloyd Wright --- Bartlesville, Oklahoma
Remnants of the Dust Bowl and dying towns --- Gate, Oklahoma
A re-created soda fountain and restaurant in Hooker, Oklahoma
Roy, New Mexico's only claim to fame.
Street Musician in the snow in Santa Fe New Mexico
We have visited Santa Fe many times, so we could not find a route we have not followed before, so we hit the interstate and headed home. Over 5000
miles in all as the distances between places in the west are great. Old Tommy Dog just looked frustrated at times being in the car, so he took a
selfie.
Thanks for looking--- and keep on traveling!
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Wow, lots of travelling there! West Texas is awesome--Big Bend, Marfa, Davis Mtns., Caprock, and everything in between.
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And here I was thinking ... they are staying close to the house ...
Thanks for the ride along ... 
and a big WOOF to Tom ..
[Edited on 12-3-2014 by wessongroup]
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Wow, wow, wow. Beautiful pictures. I really loved the plantation picture with the trees. It looked like fingers folded together. I'll bet on a dark
lonely night it would be scary to walk thru there.
Then maybe not.
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Sounds like a great trip. Nice set of images. Guitar player is my fave.
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Thanks so much! Just did part of the same route....GREAT places, great pics...
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Super cool photos - thanks for sharing.
Big Bend NP is on my bucket list.
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Nice picture essay Diane.
Those back road trips have always been among my most favorite ways of travel, in the USA, Canada, Mexico and even Europe.
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Fantastic trip and pix, Diana. I too especially like the Santa Fe guitarist in snow.
Nena
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.....Oscar Wilde
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DianaT
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Thanks for the nice comments --- We have a lot more and everyone has a story and history. On facebook we did much more of a narrative and many more
photos, but this is not the place, especially since at times it included religion and politics. :-)
Ken and Nena, the guitar player is among my favs --- :-) I have a couple more street shots I also like.
Nena, it is always good to see you out of the shadows! Miss you.
When we sold the Baja house, a big part of the reason was to free us up for more travel. Since then we have had a few Oregon and Nevada trips, but
this was the first bigger trip of many more to follow, we hope.
Two suggestions for those headed toward Big Bend --- stay a few days so you might catch some better light, but don't stay in Study Butte!
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Mexitron
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Study Butte/Terlingua isn't the nicest place to stay--Marfa is a better alternative. And you can try to see the Marfa Lights...
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Quote: Originally posted by Mexitron  | | Study Butte/Terlingua isn't the nicest place to stay--Marfa is a better alternative. And you can try to see the Marfa Lights...
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We drove through Marfa and it appears that it is really fading --- just did not have the feel we think it must have had in the past. Also, after
reading the latest studies about the lights, we decided to pass. We had thought about staying there, but just visited instead.
Before we visited the Big Bend Ranch State Park, we ended up staying in Presido on the border --- enjoyed our dinner at a local "downtown" restaurant
that was very much like places in Baja.
We ended up in Study Butte because we returned there out of the National Park so we could return to the National Park the next day. Everything in
that area is overpriced, and we have no problem with some of the rather funky places we stay in rural areas, but clean is important. The last time we
stayed in a place that filthy was when we rented a house in Baja.
A different motel, but we often stay in ones in the rural areas that are similar, and at times, I see the shadow of Anthony Perkins hanging around.
[Edited on 12-4-2014 by DianaT]
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That one of the plantation and trees was insane. I always think about them planting those trees as babies and waiting like 150 years for them to
connect into that tunnel thingy. Crazy.
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DianaT
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| Quote: Originally posted by Ateo | | That one of the plantation and trees was insane. I always think about them planting those trees as babies and waiting like 150 years for them to
connect into that tunnel thingy. Crazy. |
The oak tree lanes in that area are beautiful. This one is in contrast to the Plantation home
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beautiful Diana.
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Mexitron
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| Quote: Originally posted by DianaT | | Quote: Originally posted by Mexitron | | Study Butte/Terlingua isn't the nicest place to stay--Marfa is a better alternative. And you can try to see the Marfa Lights...
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We drove through Marfa and it appears that it is really fading --- just did not have the feel we think it must have had in the past. Also, after
reading the latest studies about the lights, we decided to pass. We had thought about staying there, but just visited instead.
Before we visited the Big Bend Ranch State Park, we ended up staying in Presido on the border --- enjoyed our dinner at a local "downtown" restaurant
that was very much like places in Baja.
We ended up in Study Butte because we returned there out of the National Park so we could return to the National Park the next day. Everything in
that area is overpriced, and we have no problem with some of the rather funky places we stay in rural areas, but clean is important. The last time we
stayed in a place that filthy was when we rented a house in Baja.
A different motel, but we often stay in ones in the rural areas that are similar, and at times, I see the shadow of Anthony Perkins hanging around.
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What did you read about the Marfa lights? Hopefully not the conclusions that they are just headlights from Hwy 67---that fools everyone. The Indians
knew about them long ago. Some of the pilots stationed at the WWII airfield there in the valley used to fly around dropping bags of flour to try
triangulate their location. The lights probably have something to do with severe temperature gradients between Marfa and the Rio Grande Basin.
Marfa fading....hmmm. I was just there a couple years ago for a week and it seemed pretty lively to me but maybe people have lost interest.
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I first saw this post on my mobile and could hardly wait to get home to see them larger.
These are wonderful, Diane. So many totally different compositions.
My favorites:
1. man looking through window. The lighting in room is so beautiful.
2. post office. Looks like a story tale building.
3. that maroon door. So many possibilities there.
The tree lined road reminded me of ... tadah ... Tara! They showed Gone With The Wind over the holidays and I saw it once again. Let me see if I can
find a video clip of the ending "there's always tomorrow". LOL
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Tomorrow .... is another day!
The land ... is the only thing that matters....
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DianaT
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Thanks Igor for the nice comments --- love your descriptions and love the video.
Mexitron, in Marfa, a number of empty storefronts which is not a healthy sign for a place. Some art gallery was moving, and was closed. Maybe we
missed something, but the karma just didn't feel right. I hope you visit again and tell us what we missed and maybe next time. :-)
I don't know about the lights ---probably more than the highway. But we took one look at the total mess that is around the viewing tower, and decided
no.
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Great, thanks for sharing.
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