It was a boom-and-bust town that rose quickly in the early 1900s and then emptied almost overnight in the 1940’s, leaving behind a haunting collection of stone ruins, crumbling buildings and old miner’s homes.
Today, Terlingua’s Ghost Town has a quirky mix of restored
buildings, art studios and lived-in dwellings sitting beside abandoned ruins.
We describe it as the place that people go to drop out
of society.
Or, it could be the place for people in the Witness Protection Program.
It is a long 10 hour drive from Houston, but, the park is beautiful with mountains and desert.
It is so different than anywhere else in Texas.
So many Texans have never been and say they want to go, but somehow don't.
They don't know what they are missing!
In some ways it is the best kept secret in Texas.
The Blue Ridge Mountains are known for
having one of the longest and most colorful fall seasons in the eastern United
States.
A major reason the colors are so vivid is the biodiversity
of the mountains.
More than a hundred species of deciduous trees grow here, each changing at a different time and producing different shades.
That means we would get purpose-bred puppies when they were about 8 weeks old and give them preliminary training and experiences until they were 18 months to 2 years old.
Then they would go to "college" for advanced training from Certified Guide Dog Trainers.
From 2019 to 2020 we shared Puppy Raising duty, or should I say "privilege", with 2 other Puppy Raisers with a dog named B-Mac.
Allow me the nostalgia of walking down Memory Lane.
