Although the Art Car in Marathon made me homesick for my recently sold Benz, it was time to move on. Despite the luxury of the Gage Hotel, there's not much in Marathon. Unless you like lounging by the magnificent pool... which was tempting. But it was on to Big Bend (Terlingua), via Alpine. We did linger in Marathon since it was a shorter riding day. I bought a pair of hand tooled shoes from Mexico. (Had to have them shipped, because the moto luggage space is ever so small.)
Alpine was a lunch stop. Home of Sul Ross State University. Not a bad town for a small West Texas town, and had plenty of art galleries and lunch spots. The pic here is about 1/4 of a large mural in town depicting their history.
After lunch we headed south to Big Bend. Riding was great, it turned hilly and the views were sweeping and impressive.
Arrived in Terlingua and discovered Jim had booked us into a place in Terlingua Ghost Town. It didn't look promising... a small four room rustic place on a hill with gravel roads. It turned out to be quite nice, and a short walk to the Starlight Theatre for dinner and music.
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