modom (palindrome guy) wrote:
> On Thu, 01 Jan 2009 15:46:20 -0600, Janet Wilder
> > wrote:
>
>> modom (palindrome guy) wrote:
>>
>>> Just down the road from Ft. Stockton is the town of Balmorhea, and the
>>> little state park nearby is well worth a visit. It's an old CCC
>>> project built around a HUGE spring that produces millions of gallons
>>> of water a day. All that water coming out of the ground in that arid
>>> territory is impressive.
>>> http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/f...rks/balmorhea/
>>
>> Been to Balmorhea. The spring is really something to see.
>>> OBFood: Pecos cantaloupes are grown out there.
>> Been to Pecos, too. Another town without much to do. It has a
>> postage-sized zoo and a Flying J.
>>
>>> OBCrummy towns: Van Horn is a place not to visit unless you're headed
>>> for the Guadalupe Mountains.
>> Every five minutes a trin comes through Van Horn, or so it seems if one
>> is trying to sleep there.
>>
>> Those little dusty cow towns do have a kind of charm, though. Ft.
>> Stockton seems to have missed getting any.
>
> I like Marfa because of the Chinati Foundation.

Did you see the lights? We did.
>
> OBFood: some of the best huevos rancheros I ever ate were in a little
> joint in Balmorhea.
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>
> modom


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