My Trip To The Trans Pecos Area Of West Texas

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This trip has been a long time coming. I have been wanting to visit the Trans Pecos for about 30 years! Never put off a photo trip if you can help it.
My goals were to visit and photograph Van Horn, Texas. Check
Photograph the Marfa mystery lights. Check
Visit and photograph the ghost town of Shafter. Check
Visit and photograph Alpine, Texas. Check
Visit and photograph Ft Davis. Check
Visit and photograph the McDonald Observatory . Check
I  hit 100% of my goals for this trip.
Prior planning got me the maximum photography with good light.

I looked up all the places I wanted to visit on an old road atlas. I then looked up each town on Google and FlickR. That gave me most of the information I needed but I also used RoadsideAmerica.Com and a trip guide from Trails.Com.
My first stop was Sierra Blanca a railroad town that once was.
Next came Allamoore where I discovered a talc factory.
Next was Van Horn, where I discovered a cool place of "fancy junk and unusual objects"
From there it was on to Valentine on US 90. Valentine is another town that once was.
Next came Marfa with the oddball Prada display just outside Marfa.
From there I moved on to the viewing stand for the "marvelous and mysterious Marfa lights."
I took a side trip to the ghost town of Shafter, which you need not take.
Alpine came next. I spent the night here because I had to make sure I could photograph the Marfa lights. This required night time photography of course, so I spent the night in Alpine.
The next day I was up bright and early, way before sunrise and was off to Ft Davis.
My last stop was the McDonald observatory.
Starting tomorrow I will give a detailed report with pictures of each place I mentioned here.
HOWEVER - There will be a small break this Saturday because I will be driving to Trinity site. The place where the first atomic bomb was set off. It's a short trip, I will probably take off for Alamogordo, New Mexico this afternoon and spend the night there. The meetup for the drive to Trinity site will be in Tularosa. Access to Trinity site on the White Sands military reservation is only allowed on two days a year. Once in April, hence my reason for this quick trip and once in October. Be sure to call 800-826-0294 for information before heading out there. You normally cannot get access to the place.

I should be back Saturday afternoon.
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