West Texas Tour
I've been wanting to visit the Guadalupe Mountains since they're tallest in Texas (at close to 9k, it's pretty weak, but the best we got dammit). In some ways similar to the landscape of big bend, but not quite as much hype. Coming from Austin it’s easy to loop in Carlsbad Caverns and MacDonald Observatory. First night we stayed at La Loma Del Chivo, a oddly interesting collection of papercrete homes built by a guy named Gil over the course of many years. Located in Marathon, it had amazing views of the stars, but was a short drive to the White Buffalo Bar at the Gage Hotel. While exploring the town we found an amazing looking place called Eve's Garden Organic Bed and Breakfast, a magical looking place we definitely want to check out next time. Next up was Davis Mountain State park. We planned on attending a star party at MacDonald Observatory, and this was a close location to camp at. We did one pretty easy day hike which had some great views. I definitely rec...