Day 16 - Fort Stockton to Presidio, TX

Woke up in the WalMart parking lot in Fort Stockton, TX and were planning to hit the road (I-10W) to El Paso, TX and then on to Tucson, AZ.  However, about ten miles into the day we were diverted by the exit sign to Marfa, TX.  About a week earlier, we met a guy that mentioned he and his wife enjoyed vacationing there.  He said that if we were ever in the area we should definetly check it out, so we decided to put our trip to Tucson on hold for a few more days.

Besides, I had been struggling with our decision to head straight to Tucson, without making a stop at Big Bend National Park first.  After all, we are on a journey, not simply heading towards a particular destination.  Right?  The hard part is we are so used to pointing ourselves to a destination.  So, relaxing and taking the journey in has been a little bit tough to adjust to.

We drove to Marfa and spent most of our day soaking up the sun while strolling around this very unique town.  There's a very beautiful old hotel in town thats on the list of National Historic Sites.  It's also an artist community with galleries located all throughout town which are occupied by some pretty well known artists.  But what do we know?  

After a good workout at the High School track, we hit the grocery store and then the rode on our way towards Presidio, TX were we would eventually stop for the night.

Marfa kind of reminded us of Dillon, MT.