Big Bend Country
Big Bend National Park · Big Bend Ranch State Park · Terlingua · Lajitas · Study Butte
TEXAS / REGION 01
West Texas Desert, distance & the Rio Grande
Long roads, immense skies, mountain country, borderlands, and some of the strangest, most beautiful light in the state.
Desert Towns
Marfa · Alpine · Fort Davis · Marathon · Presidio
Lubbock & the South Plains
Lubbock · Texas Tech University
Far West Cities
El Paso · Midland · Odessa · Pecos
Roads & Landscapes
Chihuahuan Desert · Davis Mountains · Guadalupe Mountains · Rio Grande · Contrabando
FIELD NOTE / RIO GRANDE
Rio Grande
Kaitie and I stepped into the river together: one small crossing, and one of those West Texas memories that stays vivid. Contrabando—the old movie set beside the river—belongs here too: weathered, cinematic, and perfectly at home in the Chihuahuan Desert.