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To: Jon Koplik who wrote (6915)	10/11/2004 10:59:15 AM
From: carranza2	Respond to of 12231

Jon, You've opened up a bunch of memories with your post. The girls meant US 90, not Interstate 10. Whoever criticized them on this point didn't know the difference, but they didn't know the difference between an interstate highway and a US highway. US 90, generally, runs from San Antonio to Van Horn, where it meets up with I-10. The route they took is definitely the scenic route, full of great old towns. Can't argue with whoever planned their trip. They could have visited Marfa, a very cool town, in my opinion. It is the location where Giant was filmed. It also is where the Paisano Hotel is located, one of a few renovated old time ranchers' hotels in West Texas which I like to frequent. texasescapes.com Side note: These gals stayed at the Menger Hotel in San Antonio, another very cool old Texas hotel a stone's throw away from the Alamo--Teddy Roosevelt recruited some of his Rough Riders at its bar, where you can still see bullet holes from shootouts or well-watered cowpokes. 3m.com Marfa has been discovered by hipsters. They don't stay long because the "scene" is not particularly intense--if you cannot stand solitude, don't bother with Marfa. www-scf.usc.edu The route the erstwhile adventuresses took would have placed them in Marathon, Texas, the site of another great old Texas Hotel, the Gage, where my parents would stay on road trips in the 50s and early 60s. It has also been renovated, has a terrific restaurant, and is where I stay whenever I visit the Big Bend: gagehotel.com And no visit to El Paso could have possibly been complete without a stay at the old Paso del Norte Hotel, now unfortunately a part of the Camino Real chain. caminoreal.com I have stayed at the Del Norte literally dozens of times, mostly as a child. My family would often spend holidays, Christmas and Thanksgiving, at the hotel. We were long-time frequenters of the hotel, my grandparents being the original guests. It was like a home away from home for a long time; all the bellmen and waitresses knew who we were, prepared turkey tacos for us at Thanksgiving, etc. A West Texas version of the Waldorf. My childhood impressions are filled with memories of lots of boots, Stetsons, whiskey-drinking ranchers, and the smell of what were probably Cuban cigars. The oil paintings in the lobby are probably worth a bloody fortune now. Lots of ranchers kept offices and suites at the hotel. Very cool to observe them in the lobby, cutting deals under the Tiffany dome. I was staying there the weekend when JFK was assassinated, and was watching TV in the lobby when Jack Ruby shot Oswald. JFK had been in El Paso just a few days before. These Texas hotels remind me of a bygone time which unfortunately now exists only in my memory. I would have given my eyeteeth to have been these gals' tour guide; they would have learned some stuff.