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New Moon Nights In Marathon

Marathon is over the moon about its dark skies and bright Milky Way views. You’re invited to share in the awe-inspiring experience of soaking it all up at New Moon Fests. The New Moon Festival celebrates these beautiful starry skies with educational talks, star parties, tacos, music, and more. After the inaugural fest, plans are …

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3 Dreamy Days In Big Bend, Texas

Craggy canyons tower over the mighty Rio Grande in west Texas, separating the United States from Mexico. The Big Bend area of Texas offers a blissful coexistence of mountain terrain and desert plains. Entire mesas covered with branchy ocotillo plants and blooming yucca reach sky high. More than a national park and state park, Big …

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Big Bend 4th Of July Parades

Big Bend residents love to celebrate the 4th of July in big, colorful, wonderful ways! Marathon and Terlingua host parades each year and everyone is welcome to attend! It’s a Terlinguan tradition to propel water balloons, so be sure to wear your most playful attitude! Marathon gets silly, too – with a parade of donkeys! …

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Big Bend In Full

The basic facts about the Big Bend area and national park are easy enough to acquire; it is over 800,000 acres of preserved land yet one of the least visited of the 61 national preserves of the United States. It takes its name from the massive left turn that the Rio Grande makes as it …

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