The Ship on the Desert, built to resemble a ship, became part of the national park where VIPs stayed. My Top of Texas Sierra Club service project hung out here annually working for the NPS
Park visitors can explore excellent surviving traces of the old Butterfield road that wrap around the base of El Capitan, out into the Salt Flats and up to the New Mexico state line
A new bride from back east stayed only one night here because of its isolation
My grandson is an animator for the drone company
Looking out the window of our son’s office at a portion of downtown Austin. It didn’t use to be one of the largest cities in the US
Led more than 70 week-long Sierra Club service projects & b’packing trips in Texas Trans-Pecos. Wilderness 1st responder. Degrees in English & History from UT-Arlington. Retired journalist. Avid environmentalist & feminist. Very progressive. Love Classical guitar, rockabilly, classical, & country music. Photos mostly by me
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