Issue #007 | January 2013

West Texas

Photograph by Kirk Kittell

Ghost Towns, Sunset Deserts & the Mexican Border

In This Issue:

Float the Rio Grande

horses graze along the rio grande at sunset

A rant on immigration, fear and the good people on both sides of the Rio Grande.

Las Ruinas & Terlingua, TX

A tent hostel in a ghost town near the Texas / Mexico border. Photos galore.

Bums, Hobos and Tramps

old photograph of a hobo, dressed in a suit and sitting on a train

A short description of the differences between hobos, tramps and bums.

Chinati Springs

The tale of making it to one of the most beautifully remote places in the United States, Chinati Hot Springs.

Cowpokes, Poetry and Prada: A Weekend in Uber-Cool Marfa, Texas

a station wagon with a bull's horns mounted to the roof, a painting mimicking the reflection of marfa, tx.

What to do with a weekend in the hipster cowboy town of Marfa, Texas. Shelley Seale walks us through funky lodgings, where to party, hike, eat, and generally do it up in this West Texas town.

Border Scare

A short story by W. Anderson Lee about hitchhiking, travelers and Texas State Troopers.

The River Road

A trip down the River Road in Big Bend Ranch State Park, including tales of ruins, Contrabando and Closed Canyon.

West Texas

blurry image of an oil well windmill on a bright sky

A photo gallery of West Texas from the Pecos to Big Bend.

The Ridden Rail

the legs of three train hoppers, young men passing a drink around and sitting on the outside of a train car as it flies down the tracks

Stories of the history of train hoppers, what the lifestyle truly is like, the different types of people who do it and where they fit, or don’t, into society.