Joshua Tree National Park
We're continuing our trek across the American Desert Southwest with a visit to Joshua Tree National Park! See our Travels section for more details!
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Star Party!
You can’t go to Dark Sky Country and not attend a Star Party at the McDonald Observatory! I mean, technically you can, but could you then say you really experienced Dark Sky Country? The McDonald Observatory is located on some mountain tops near Davis Mountains State Park, Fort Davis
Small Towns
As I was walking this afternoon, I was thinking about our experiences on this trip. We are small town people. We don’t like huge cities and are much happier out in the country away from crowds. If you read our bio you know we like the backroads and not
Marfa Lights!
While we were at Davis Mountains State Park we took the opportunity to travel down to Marfa, do some laundry, get some dinner and of course drive 8 miles out of town to the Marfa Lights observation area to see if the lights made an appearance. By the time we
Guadalupe Mountains National Park, TX
Continuing our trip around the Desert Southwest we headed over to Guadalupe Mountains National Park, one of only two national parks in Texas. It was beautiful and a hiker's paradise! Check out our Travels section for more details and photos! BraysAway Travels