One Saturday evening, we took a drive to the south through some beautiful country.  

Saw some interesting man-made things, old and new.

Only one petro-boom photo here.  That topic gets its own post.

Met up with some dear friends who treated us to a delicious meal at a superb restaurant in Marfa.

Their adorable boys, Jeremiah and Zechariah, had just polished off their creme brûlées and were sporting the caps I had brought them.  They share a lot of things, but not dessert.

Marfa is the County Seat of Presidio County which has a beautiful courthouse, as do so many small county seats in Texas.Also an interesting county jail:

Saw this inmate in his pajamas doing a little landscaping  work.

On the drive home, we were blessed by this amazing sunset.  Amazing sunsets in the Great Chihuahuan  Desert are commonplace, but I am always blown away.  Surely makes you think the Second Coming might be imminent.