Lost in the Wild, Wild West

March has arrived and we find ourselves lost (sort of) in the Wild West. Today we are in Carlsbad, New Mexico after a fascinating journey from San Antonio to Big Bend country (along the Mexico border) and then north via Fort Davis, Texas.

We had a big windstorm last night with gusts of 80 kmph and for the first time in our trip, we had to bring our trailer slides in for a while. We were really a movin' & a shakin'.

In Big Bend country (which may be the last real frontier left in the US), we found the Closed Canyon and went for a long hike with the kids. The canyon is about 1000 feet deep, more than a mile long & only 10 feet across. We were the only people in the canyon and had to perch our camera on a rock for a family picture. Tomas has discovered binoculars and will not go hiking without them.


We also found one of our favorite restaurants of the trip, the Starlight Theater in Terlingua, TX (home of THE annual Chili Cook-Off) and a proverbial ghost town (except for the cook-off when 10,000 chili aficionados arrive). We went to the Starlight three nights in a row and we were treated to a "Word-Off" with the local populations sharing poetry musings and verbal thoughts defying categorization with a wildly enthusiastic crowd (especially Toria).


In Carlsbad, we took the standard Cavern trip and we also drove up to Roswell for the UFO Museum. The kids met a nice alien and had a great Mexican lunch at Martin's restaurant.




Today we leave for the 7,000 foot elevations of Santa Fe for a little more scenery and some new age culture. Cheers for now ... Todd,Carmen and the krewe.