25-26 August 2017

I wish I had spent one more day in this adorable town! I had an AirBNB in a cute neighborhood with my dog Xena, but we spent very little time in Marfa, since we took a day trip to Big Bend. However small the town is, I would consider returning to Texas to visit Marfa again.

The town is small, but alive. I was impressed by how many people were out walking together. Some were probably passerbys, but many were locals. Families, couples, groups coming from church or morning breakfast, I didn’t know any of them, but I wanted to, they made small town life look good.

A popular stop is Marfas Lights Viewing Area, which is outside of town under a wide open sky. I stopped there late on my return from Big Bend. Essentially, the lights you see are a mystery. They are not from airplanes, cars, towers, etc.

Back in 1883, a cowboy saw these lights and thought maybe they were from Apache campfires. I saw a red, blue, and white light. I’ll admit it was beyond bizarre to know the source is unsolved, because they periodically pop up in the same locations in the lower night sky.

Some suspect aliens, which gave me an intriguing thought. Maybe every night the aliens watch us watching them and maybe on their side they wonder why we keep going back to that spot to look at them.

The centerpiece of the town is the Presidio County courthouse. It was beautiful!

All the buildings had this old town, darling appearance.

I saw a lot of appealing, antique automobiles and hot rods.

I even loved their minimalist-looking water tower. I read they have some yummy small town eats, treats, and coffee, but I did not have time to dine. I had also looked into touring their dairy farm. It is a working farm, so they only give tours on Saturdays, plan accordingly.

 Rae