Comments on: Thunderbird Motel, US 67, Marfa, Texas

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:35:42 +0000

Cool pic. My granddad built the Thunderbird Motel and Holiday Capri Inn back in the 40′s. That’s the old billboard from when he and my parents still owned it. They sold it in 2005. Thanks for sharing.

By: Bud

Bud — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:21:45 +0000

Thanks for posting this. I’m actually going to spend 3 days in Marfa, at the Thunderbird in two weeks. I’m in desperate need of that kind of access you speak of. As it’s my first time to Marfa (been meaning to go for years), I’d love some tips or suggestions on where I should go, where I should take pictures, and where I should explore.

Thanks again.

By: Sheila Ryan

Sheila Ryan — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:30:31 +0000

I bet Texas messed with you.

By: Phil Bebbington

Phil Bebbington — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:24:41 +0000

I was very careful NOT to MESS with Texas.

By: Sheila Ryan

Sheila Ryan — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:46:23 +0000

Michael, that’s sharp. TEXAS is strangely unbesmirched.

DON’T MESS WITH TEXAS.

By: Sheila Ryan

Sheila Ryan — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:48:02 +0000

Tradition has it that the thunderbird makes it to rain.

By: Cindy Scroggins

Cindy Scroggins — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:34:17 +0000

Oh, Phil. I cannot tell you how happy I am that you got to experience that place. And that it rained a bit. There is no better smell in the world to me than that of rain in the high desert.

This photo is grand. I have seen dozens of photos of that sign, and this is the best. The light. The wide angle. It’s heartbreakingly beautiful.

By: Rick Neece

Rick Neece — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:29:18 +0000

People in Daryl Scroggins’s stories walk toward those horizons and they don’t come back. Love it taken as a whole, it does something in my heart.

By: Phil Bebbington

Phil Bebbington — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:00:49 +0000

Michael, I won’t be offended either way, so, if you want one just spout up.

By: Michael Smith

Michael Smith — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:57:50 +0000

Phil, if I can find a home for it, I’d love a print. Perhaps after I figure out what impact a pending change might have on our wall space I’ll take you up on your offer.

It appears that the word “TEXAS” has been lovingly cared for over the years.