Travel & Outdoors
April 14, 2022
(Trying to) Get Away From It All at the Lajitas Resort
Nestled by the majestic Rio Grande and Big Bend National Park, Lajitas Golf Resort and Spa gave me the recharge I needed. Until it didn’t.
Lajitas
Parks & Recs
January 3, 2019
Where to Rough It (or Not) In and Around Big Bend Ranch
Choose from campsites, a bunkhouse, or a luxury resort. (And ¡Viva Terlingua!)
The Daily Post
February 11, 2015
Skip the Scenery and Fly to Big Bend
Why drive one of the state’s best scenic routes when you can pay a few hundred dollars to fly there instead?
Border & Immigration
May 28, 2014
Lajitas’s Fiesta Protesta Against a Closed Border
After more than a decade of strict border enforcement, hundreds of residents on both sides of the US-Mexico border came together for the second annual Voices From Both Sides Festival to show what was lost when the border was closed.
Travel & Outdoors
October 14, 2013
By the Starlight
You may go for the solitude, but in the stark expanses of far West Texas, you’ll still find plenty of friends.
Travel & Outdoors
January 20, 2013
On the Road Again—Big Bend
South from Alpine to Study Butte, west to Presidio, north to Marfa, and east to Alpine.
The Culture
March 1, 2012
Kim “O.K.” Estes, Horse Trainer
Estes has been running horse and hunting programs in Lajitas for the past five years, heading up trail rides, aoudad hunts on horseback, and horse-training clinics for pros and amateurs alike. A well-known cutting horse trainer, he has been a member of both the American Quarter Horse Association and the
Travel & Outdoors
December 1, 2007
The Last Resort
After telecommunications tycoon Steve Smith bought the Big Bend town of Lajitas on a whim for $4.25 million, he spent perhaps $100 million more developing what was going to be a five-star, world-class getaway. The desert, however, had other ideas.
Food & Drink
March 1, 2004
Happening
For Chow Hounds Whether you’re a native or naturalized Texan, you should be ashamed of starting your day with a latte and a toaster tart. Get in the swing by having a “cowboy breakfast,” a diet-defying spread of scrambled eggs, home fries, biscuits, gravy, sausage, strong coffee, and more. An