When we took our recent trip to the Big Bend Country, our first stop was Marfa, Texas. Here are some of the photos from that area.
High Plains near Marf, Texas
Horses and Blue Mountain near Fort Davis, Texas
An exciting side trip from Marfa is an old county road that starts from just west of Marfa and ends up at Ruidosa, Texas, down near the Rio Grande River. The first 20 miles or so is paved, but from there on it is about another 30 miles down through Pinto Canyon. Rough going, but we made it one time in our mini-van. We saw only three vehicles the whole trip and they were all Border Patrol trucks. The road eventually climbs up near Chinati Peak.
Road to Pinto Canyon
Lonely Old Truck in Pinto Canyon
After finally reaching Highway 170, you can turn left, toward the east. That will take you on one of most spectacular drives in the country, leading you to Lajitas. We will cover that on another post.
Texas Tweeties by Bob Zeller 
Nice images, that one with the horses and the Blue Mountain is very nice, I can easily see that printed large and hanging on a wall 🙂
I wanted your story to continue and tell us the old truck was yours from your first visit out West. We’re enjoying photos and stories.
Well, that truck does have my initial on the door, doesn’t it. 🙂
Bob
I’m glad you liked the photos, Cindy. The 2nd one was an old one that I had scanned from a negative. Kinda noisy and grainy. But I liked the overall scene. When i was standing on the road to Pinto Canyon, the 3rd photo, the quiet was amazing. The only thing moving for miles was probably that Javelina that I spooked and was running down the hill, in the lower left of the photo.
I love these. It’s kind of a mythological place to me, evoking old movies and the proverbial wild west and your images bring it all back.
I like the nostalgia, of the old truck left abandoned. From your photograph. Makes you wonder why someone would leave it?
What happened there?….
Thanks, Elena,
That area is all privately owned ranchland. This county road goes right through all of it. A person supposedly is trespassing if one stops and get off the road. However, it is so empty, lonely, and desolate that getting the photograph was no trouble. Why is thr truck there. I sure don’t know. It just fuels the imagination, doesn’t it?
Bob
Hi there! What lovely photos! You know … the one of the lonely truck would make a gorgeous black and white print. 🙂
Hugs,
Deb
Thanks, Deb. You’re right. I’ll have to think about that. 🙂
Hugs to you, too
Bob
I love these photos! Makes me want to visit there soon. Looking forward to the next opportunity.
Mike Z
Thanks, Mike. Me, too. 🙂
The rugged beauty of western Texas. Stunning.
Toby
Amen.
Bob