And we're off to the amazing Big Bend Saddlery!

We explore Alpine a bit more, and I think deeply about mercury and madness.

We visit #Alpine, Texas, a cool little city on the edge of the Beyond.

We get a tasteless meal and lousy service. Gourmet dining at its best.

And we’re off to the magnificent El Paisano Hotel. And then we have, alas, a downright un-magnificent dinner.

At the last minute, the Gingerbread House is saved! And then...it vanishes. (Sigh).

More on Marfa, and we begin the sinister construction of the recalcitrant Gingerbread House.

We enjoy some Bitter Sugar coffee and then, in a town full of expensive restaurants, have lunch at Burger King. And like it.

Just a happy thanksgiving...and turkey blimp. #Thanksgiving #Marfa #turkey #balloon

In which we deal with our grandson doing his air raid siren at the end of the world impression. #Marfa #Art #Donald_Judd

More about Marfa, the improbable desert art colony, plus Mooey, the marvelous rubber cow of BOINGing fame.

We visit the Ballroom Marfa and find some contemporary art we really, Really, REALLY like.

In which we visit the Chamberlain Building and explore the steel (and scary) art of the late, great John Chamberlain (1927–2011).

Okay, last time, I left off with us at the Chinati Foundation, which is the art museum and sculpture garden founded by the late Donald...

We explore the monument works of Donald Judd. Also, we meet a bunny.

In which we get a taste of Marfa, but not of pizza, ‘cause they’d done sold out. Instead, we had a mega Teepee.

In which we finally get to Marfa, Texas, home of the wild, the wonderful, and the weird...all at the same time.

In which we travel on into a Texas that looks hauntingly like New Mexico, and finally come to Marfa.

In which I’m attacked by a vicious dairy case with big teeth and a serious attitude problem. It’s udderly disgusting.

We explore Ozona, and learn about Judge Roy Bean’s living heirs.