farewell to tx

We ended up spending a full 14 days in Texas! Nice to be in New Mexico.

A bit of a disappointment this morning, as Marfa Burrito, a hole in the wall reputed to have the best breakfast burritos in West Texas, was closed again. Sigh. 
 
The morning was taken up with a tour of the Judd Foundation buildings. These are the places he worked and sometimes lived. Most interesting was his collection of art and furniture. A lot of mid-century artists and designers (Albers, Reitveld, Aalto, Breuer), Rembrandt etchings, a Matisse drawing, and his own paintings from before 1962, when he stopped painting and turned to sculpture exclusively. We both liked many of the paintings.

​A not too long drive on very straight West Texas road brought us first to the town of Valentine with the tongue in cheek Prada Marfa, a truly weird piece of art 35 miles outside of town. The fence around the property is one of the spots people leave locks, stickers and other mementos. 

• ​Our destination tonight is Carlsbad, New Mexico and the somewhat funky Trinity Hotel, about the only interesting place to stay in town,  versus every chain hotel you can think of. The hotel owner has two vineyards in New Mexico and we are currently sitting in the bar enjoying tasting surprisingly good wines. 

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​Along the way, we stopped to get a picture of the Guadalupe Mountains National Park sign to add to the collection in the front hall. Ed was there 50 years ago when the park was so new they didn’t yet have a sign.