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<\/a> <\/p>\nThe Days ride..<\/em><\/p>\n I had read about Marfa when researching the route and all the reports used words like \u201ccute\u201d, \u201ctypical small town Americana\u201d, \u201cweird\u201d and many other interesting descriptives. We arrived in Marfa just after lunch and there may as well have been tumbleweed blowing across the street\u2026.but in fairness, it was Sunday afternoon! Quiet aside, we checked into a wonderful old hotel called the Paisano<\/a> built in the 1930\u2019s and a real step back in time. The place is old, but immaculately maintained and the staff couldn’t do enough to help.<\/p>\n The Alamo<\/em><\/p>\n The afternoon was spent handling chores (laundry\u2026my worst!), the blog, swimming etc before an early dinner capped off by a ride about 15km out of town to see the famed Marfa lights. No one has been able to provide an explanation for these mysterious lights on the horizon that have been reported for over 130 years that show up most evening. The speculation ranges from swamp gas (although there are no swamps around), Car lights creating mirage\u2019s in the air (but what about the part that this was reported as early as the 1800\u2019s?) to other weird and wonderful speculation. I have no idea but they were certainly interesting to see although I was unable to capture a photo so if you are interested, this will tell you more.. The Marfa lights<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/a> <\/p>\n