so, I'm back . . .if you hadn't figured that out from the shot of the airplane wing . . . I was pretty impressed by the image quality of the pic taken with my camera phone. . . it's a pink Motorola Razr if anyone is interested . . I also noticed that not 100% of the texts/pics I sent actually made it to the blog so I will send those missing ones, and then also in the next week will post some of the images from my regular camera. . . .

So to summarize the route. . .

Sunday night . . .Silver City, NM. the Palace Hotel, est 1882
Monday night . . .El Paso, TX. Camino Real Paso del Norte Hotel, built in 1912, designed by Trost and Trost
Tuesday/ Wednesday night . . .Marfa, TX. El Paisano Hotel, built 1927, Henry Trost
Thursday night . . .Cloudcroft, NM, The Lodge, built 1909 (owned by Conrad Hilton in the 1930's)
Friday night . . . Carrizozo, NM. The Chapparal, built 1985???
Saturday night . . .Las Vegas, NM. The Plaza Hotel, circa 1882

never made it to the St James, Cimmaron . . .hopefully next time . . .

here's a story from the NYT that Doug F. sent me . . about film production in Marfa

and who knew that Cathy Horyn was a fan of West Texas ?

The road trip ends here....the view from seat 29a back to jfk.....

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Just another friday night in carrizozo, new mexico

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A few hours later, top of the mountain, from the top of a horse named sherman.

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Dodging missiles

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Thanks to david and matts suggestion im now at the lodge in cloudcroft. Much cooler than pecos was at noon! Elevation is about 8ooo feet for the kids following my travels at ps 83

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View from my balcony at the el paisano

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Tim and dylan the interns from the chinati. Fame has arrived!

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Palace theater in marfa

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And hutch gave me more poses than zoolander

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Starsky gave me the citation

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Still cant send pics which

Still cant send pics which takes the fun out of the whole blogging thing. Anyway, happy birthday to my brother matt

So it seems that while

So it seems that while i,ve been unable to send pics from out here network coverage will send text.

In marfa with dodgy communication

In marfa with dodgy communication

It was only a matter of time

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Monday morning outside of el paso

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Made it to el paso!

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Met david and his son at breakfast in the hotel this morning. David had spent 2 years in a small sydney beachside suburb called cronulla.

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Made it to silver city and the historic palace hotel. Not on my original list but i remembered it from my last time through here

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Gila national forest...you can smell the pine!

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Just a bit old school glamour south-west style

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Lunch in soccoro

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For anybody that wants to track me across new mexico here are my plates. I,m driving a beautiful cream vw. More pics to come

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Some of the planned highlights on my tour of historic hotels of the South West . . . . . . .
a cool retro hotel in Marfa. Another in Marfa where I stayed last time
In Lincoln, a place with a connection to Billy the Kid
May not get to this one . . .
In Cimmaron, up north near Route 66 . . .
and one in el paso
And probably my last stop - Las Vegas, New Mexico
if I can squeeze it in I'd also like to get back to The Gage Hotel in Marathon - one of my best nights in Texas

so my travel plans . . .

Sunday August 20th Delta Flight 1431 6am JFK - Atlanta
Delta Flight 959 9:25am Atlanta - Albuquerque
arrive ABQ 10:49am

Reservation with National Car Rental 116787894

Return
Sunday August 27th Delta 485 ABQ - Atlanta 4:00pm
Delta 518 9:52pm Atlanta - JFK arrive 12:03 am

So, I'm going to be keeping anybody that is interested up-to-date with my travels in New Mexico and Texas through this blog. . . . I'm hitting the road early sunday morning, August 20th and flying to Albuquerque. . .for more details you'll have to keep checking in at One With Salt . . . . I hope this works . . .

Be warned, I will be sending pics and text from my cell phone so don't expect Jack Kerouac-style observations or Ansel Adams quality images. . . .those may follow upon my return . . . depending on demand from anybody that becomes a loyal reader over the next seven days. . . .