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To: Mac Con Ulaidh who wrote (58547)	2/11/2001 1:50:01 PM
From: carranza2	Respond to of 71178

Unbelievable and dangerous place. Parts have landscape which appears almost lunar in its desolation. The Summer months are brutal. Presidio posts the highest temperature in the Nation on a regular basis, vying with Yuma, Arizona. Other parts a quite nice, even in Summer. The home of the Buffalo Soldiers. The McDonald Observatory is nearby for the astronomically inclined. The Mexican side is now a big drug-running haven. Lots of very bad hombres. The American old timers, mostly Texas ranchers, were and are spectacular characters. The place to stay in the Big Bend is Marathon, Texas, where an old cattlemen's hotel, The Gage, has been renovated. It has a restaurant which, a few years ago, was as good as any in Texas. I know that's not saying much, but is significant for a town of no more than two or three thousand stuck in the middle of nowhere. The Chili cook-off in Terlingua is famous, but mostly a party for tourists. I don't like it. Some interesting ghost towns. Shafter, for instance, is a ghost town populated by perhaps one old-timer who posts "Keep Out" signs wherever he can. Marfa was almost taken over by an artist who appreciated the solitude. I can't recall his name offhand, but he was significant in artistic circles. Yeah, I like the Big Bend. The ultimate place to get away from it all.