Big Bend Country

altBig Splurge. Big Bargains. Big Bend

The Trans-Pecos country of Texas isn’t exactly known for its posh side, although it does exist.   

Big Bend: Room to Roam

By virtue of its remoteness, the Big Bend region serves as the ultimate definition of off-the-beaten-path.

Cosmic Encounters

Oscar Monnig was a passionate collector of one of the world’s largest private collections—fragments of some 400 individual meteorites. Today, many of those pieces are on display at the Monnig Meteorite Gallery, on the campus of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth.

altWest Texas Tranquility

Basking in a hot-springs pool, soaking it all in: the immense desert solitude, serrated mountains ablaze in the morning light, and a trio of high notes—babbling water, rustling cottonwood leaves, and sprightly birdsong. This is my heart’s destination: Chinati Hot Springs, a rustic resort tucked away near the U.S.-Mexico border in the wilds of Presidio County.

Clint: In a Special Light 


The cotton and alfalfa fields, the distant mountains in Mexico, the desert space—they began to work their late-afternoon chemistry on me.