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| Here is Fort Davis. This was located between San Antonio and El Paso Provided protection for emigrants, mail, and freight wagons from Indian, and desperado attacks. |
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| Officers Quarters |
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| Bets and Beth looking in |
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| Commanding Officers Family Quarters |
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| And here is the Fisher Family |
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| Blooming Cactus |
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| Here is the plaque that was posted at the viewing platform |
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| Did get to see a great sunset |
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| Everyone there got excited and thought this was a Marfa light. Turned out to be a car that was driving around close to the base of the mountain |
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| Here was a cactus we found in blook |
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| Dude and LuLu on the Run |
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| More flowers in bloom |
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| The Three (oops Four) amigos guarding the road |
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| Found this Harley, well almost a Harley |
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| Another one of them famous Turlingua sunsets |
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| Terlingua Cemetery, which was opened in 1902 by the miners that were mining Mercury. The Cemetery is still used by the local residents |
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| Frosty was buried here July, 2007 |
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| Gary got locked up in the Turlengua Jail |
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| We stopped ath Contrabano and there is Beth and Betsy |
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| here is the Catholic Church |
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| This town was built actually as a movie set for several movies
1993 - Rio Diablo
1994 - Gambler V, Playing for Keeps
1995 - Streets of Laredo
1995 - My Maria
1996 - Dead Man's Walk
2000 - The Journeyman
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| Another hike, this time in Closed Canyon. Bets, Gary and Beth |
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| We then stopped at Lajitas and had a fantastic Lunch |
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| Went back to Terlingua and was able to catch this fantastic sunset. |
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| This is the windmill at The Sam Nail Ranch. The farmed figs and pecans. |
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| The remains of a wall at the Sam Nail Ranch |
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| Betsy was skipping rocks across the Rio Grande. |
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| Here is Beth and Gary at the river's edge |
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| Here is a sample of the path that we had to go up for our hike |
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| Here is Beth and Betsy, almost to the end of the trail in Sana Elena Canyon |
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| Ed said they went that a way |
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| This Jacal was built by Giberto Luna and lived there till 1947, when he died. According to the info, we raised a large family here. Was built using rock,earth and plant fibers. |
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| Very Beautiful Sunset in the West |
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| And to the East, here was the Moon Coming up |
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| Dude n Lulu And here is Valentines Day  Sun set on our way to Starlight  And the Moon was a rising |
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| And the Password is?? password |
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| This is a rest area that we stopped at on way to Presidio |
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| This was one of the areas where the Rio Grande had low flow |
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| There is Bet's n Bruzr |
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| Restaurant we ate at In Presidio |
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| This is Fort Leaton |
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| Hoodoo's Mushroom shaped geoligic formations caused by water & wind erosion, in which hard deposits are left in place to form protective caps over the softer materials beneath |
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| Really cool rock that has had much erosion |
 Here we are at Closed Canyon |
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| Bet's drove for the day. Had several of these 15% grades for Her. She was glad we did not have the 5th Wheel attached! |
This was the band
And a Rose for a very Special Lady