Cycle-friendly Stone Village Tourist Camp

Stone Village Tourist Camp Pool

 

Open air camp rooms...nice bedding, fresh air!

One hotel property to join our cycle-friendly program recently is the historic 1935 Stone Village Tourist Camp in Fort Davis.  The property features 14 comfortable motel rooms, 6 charming camp rooms, heated pool and a landscaped courtyard and patio. All rooms in the motor court provide a sense of rustic comfort with hardwood floors, throw rugs, cedar ceilings.   There's plenty of room to park your bicycle right in your room for the night!  Next door is the lovely Stone Village Market (their facebook page is here!) for breakfast and lunch treats, and snacks for your day's adventure on the trail or road.  

Stone Village motel room, every one is unique!

To read more about cycling in the Texas Mountain Trail region, visit: www.texasmountaintrail.com/bike

Important Discovery: An 11,000 Year Old Paleoindian Site in the Big Bend

Are you fascinated by early history and archaeology?  Want to learn about the biggest discoveries?  We've got a place for you...the Center for Big Bend Studies, on the campus of Sul Ross State University in Alpine.

Deep below the surface of the desert, at a "needle in a haystack" location at the foot of a mountain in rural Brewster County, the Genevieve Lykes Duncan site was discovered by the Center for Big Bend Studies a few months ago.  There are components from the Early Paleoindian (ca. 9500 BC to 8200 BC) and Late Paleoindian (ca. 8200 BC to 6500 BC) cultures.  Early hearths were found, as well as debitage (debris from stone tool manufacture), scattered charcoal and bits of bone.  The site will require much more study to learn all it has to offer scientists and scholars.

Yes, we're teasing you with this information, because we want to encourage you to become a member of the Center for Big Bend Studies and receive their detailed newsletter on early regional history and archaeology.  Their most recent newsletter, Volume 22 of La Vista de la Frontera, talks about the discovery...to get it, you need to join.  Memberships start as low as $35, but that's a bargain as you'll be the first to learn more about this exciting discovery! 

Want to get a taste before you sign up?  Previous issues of the newsletter are all available for download FREE of charge, here!