This was a pleasant day spent in Marfa. We walked the main street from the Judd Foundation to the courthouse and back. At 11:30 we drove to the edge of town where the Water Spot was located .
The Water Spot was crowded because very few restaurants were open. We ordered cheeseburgers with fries. They were large1/2 lb. hamburgers for $15.00 each. We talked to Mona at the next table who was county historian and owner of the 98th building, which was the garrison for US troops stationed on the border to protect the ranchers from Mexican bandits in the 1910s and 1920s. Pershing, Eisenhower and Patton were all stationed here during that period.
In WWIi it was used as a prisoner of war camp for the Germans who had fought with Rommel’s Africa Corps who were captured by the British.
There is lots of history in Marfa, but it is impossible to not think that Marfa has seen its better days.
After the 98th building we drove to the Riata and rested until 4:00 when we dressed and drove to the St. George Hotel for dinner.
We ordered and shared an order of Grilled quail with a sweet potato purée and a creamed spinach with parmigiana cheese and a bowl of kale, vegetable, and brown rice soup.
After the hearty lunch at Water Spot we could not finish our soup, so took it home in a container.
At 6:00 we moved from the restaurant to the bar and finished our Bardino Cava while watching the Alamo Bowl game between Texas and Utah. Amazingly Texas beat Utah 38 to 10, even though Utah was ranked 11th in the nation in the AP poll as we later sipped a green Chartreuse.
After Texas scored at the beginning of the fourth quarter to go ahead 21 points, we walked across the street to the St. George Event Center for the music and drinks and New Year’s celebration. The music was decidedly low keyed. I guess music in Austin has reverted to traditional folk music, based on what we heard. The main act was Billy Dale Gilmore, who was just okay, not great.
We made it to midnight though. After the band stopped at midnight we drove back to the motel and went to sleep.
Bon Appetit
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