Tuesday, September 30, 2014

At the Tip Top

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What's this? Why the very tippity-tip of Mt. Livermore, the 5th highest peak in Texas known as Baldy Peak. Since 97 percent of T...
Monday, September 29, 2014

Good Vibrations in Terlingua

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Can't you just hear the fun? Uh Clem and Crystal Allbright play at the Starlight Theatre in Terlingua.. Photo by Jennifer Hogue ...
Friday, September 26, 2014

The Color of Love

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We love this photo of newlyweds Austin & Gabe in Marfa taken by Marfalite Studios. Colorful people need skies just like this to ...
Thursday, September 25, 2014

Whoooo's there?

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Texas Parks and Wildlife Urban Wildlife- El Paso took these photos of a natural burrow of owls just outside the city. Watch the Burr...
Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Cathedral Mountain View

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Cathedral Mountain is located on Highway 118 South, between Alpine and Study Butte. Photo by Joe Edd Waggoner. Gorgeous!
Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Wildscaping Eye Candy in El Paso

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Gorgeous native plants are more than eye candy, they provide the necessary food, water and shelter for local wildlife. Want to learn ...
Monday, September 22, 2014

The REAL Yellow Rose of Texas

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If you think about it, the yellow rose of Texas really should be a Prickly Pear bloom! Stop by the Chihuahuan Desert Research Instit...
Friday, September 19, 2014

Dark Skies Over Terlingua

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Instagrammer @ashbrodysmomma took this amazing photo of the dark sky over Terlingua cemetery.  Have a photo you'd like to see fea...
Thursday, September 18, 2014

Shadows and Light at Chinati

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Cool Instagram photo by photographer Brandon Thibodeaux of the Dan Flavin installation at Chinati Foundation in Marfa.
Wednesday, September 17, 2014

CDRI presents Urban Gardening Seminar on September 25

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CDRI presents Lecturer  Dr. Ken Mix on September 25, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. at Sul Ross State University, Alpine, Lawrence Hall, Room 300....
Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Art History 101: Luis Jimenez

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One of the perks of living in the Texas Mountain Trail region is being so close to the works of Luis Jimenez , born in El Paso and known f...
Monday, September 15, 2014

Hummingbird Happiness at CDRI

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Master Naturalist Jack Dunaway in Waxahachie snapped this pic of hummingbirds at CDRI and had this to say: " Let me tell you wha...

Solitude and Beauty in Hudspeth County

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Want to get away from it all? I mean really get away from it all? Check out this photo from the Adventure Cycling Association Souther...
Sunday, September 14, 2014

Gateway to our Texas Mountain Trail region--Balmorhea State Park

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Yesterday, the chilly temperatures created a mist over Balmorhea State Park 's pool.   The pool was a creation of the Civilian Conserv...
Thursday, August 28, 2014

Hummingbird banding at Chihuahuan Desert Nature Center

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From our friends at Fort Davis' Chihuahuan Desert Nature Ce nter: "These little girls were very interested in a hummingbird band...
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Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Pronghorn on Hwy 17

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We've been having so much rain this monsoon season, so the skies are clear and the grasslands and mountains are greening up.  Also enj...
Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Yesterday in the cactus greenhouse

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Yesterday, CDRI's cactus greenhouse was abloom with Escobaria hesteri!  Don't miss the Chihuahuan Desert Nature Center and Botanic...
Monday, August 25, 2014

Texas Mountain Trail is all over the state!

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Part of our mission is to help visitors find their own adventure in the Texas Mountains, and we're frequently at expos at large events...
Friday, August 22, 2014

Fort Davis National Historic Site

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One of our favorite places in the region, Fort Davis National Historic Site .  Perhaps the best preserved frontier fort in the west, as a ...
Thursday, August 21, 2014

Pronghorn on Hwy 17

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Taken this week between Fort Davis and Marfa!