tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18762198.post6439330467603402929..comments2023-12-02T06:33:50.847-08:00Comments on Notes from a Common-place Book: The Charcoaled Samaritans of GabrovoTerry (John)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07523479530843509695noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18762198.post-61548696946325312942015-01-26T18:07:58.112-08:002015-01-26T18:07:58.112-08:00I just returned to your blog after a long absence ...I just returned to your blog after a long absence and glad I did! I visited the Big Bend area for the first time last May. We stayed at the Marathon Motel and loved its little tourist-court style cabins with front porches and its pretty central plaza. The skies out there are indeed big and bright. The owner of the motel, a super-friendly, hippie kind of guy, belongs to the local star-gazers society. The group had a powerful telescope out on one of our nights there, and we were invited to have a look - amazing! We actually saw Saturn and its rings. And the Park was equally amazing. I'm a native East Texan and grew up thinking West Texas was a bleak desert. How wrong I was. Takes a long time to get there but I definitely want to go back!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com