Terlingua Moon   Vol. 37   No. 29

July 21  2026

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Million sMiles

We are what you share. 

In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks. 

The sun shines not on us but in us.~ John Muir

Burn Ban in Brewster County

The Brewster County commissioners Court lifted the burn band for 30 days beginning July 14 through August 14.

The Brewster County Commissioners Court will NOT hold a Special Meeting on Tuesday, July 21.

The next Regular Commissioners Court Meeting will be held on Tuesday, July 28.

MILKY WAY TREATS ice cream trailer will be open this weekend, Saturday – Monday, 4–9 p.m. We’ll have our creamy vanilla soft serve as well as dairy free pineapple. Try a pint of homemade ice cream, or delicious milkshakes! It’s ice cream with a view. Gracias Terlingua!

ALL YOU NEED TO ATTEND AN AA MEETING IS A DESIRE TO QUIT.  If you have, or think you might have, a drinking problem, we meet at 6:30 pm on Thursday at the Big Bend Church, just north of the post office.

Terlingua Cares!

$20 buffet. $100 value.

Huge thanks to DB's for opening just for us! <3

Terlingua Cares SHOW & Tell

Saturday, July 25 • 3:00 PM

DB's Rustic Iron BBQ

Show and Tell Prize Categories:

- Coolest Artifact

- Most Terlinguan

- Least Desirable

- Most Nostalgic

- Best Handmade

- Out of This World

- The Most People Touched It

FREE MUSIC! By NaniByrd, Sierra Turkot, and Riley Amanda.

All ages welcome!

Let's perk up our summers with a silly, fun time!

Espresso ... y poco mas

Open at  7:30 a.m., seven days a week for home cooked breakfasts, lunches and the best coffee in the area. Smoothies and iced drinks.  Located in the Ghost Town, great seating with fantastic views, strong wifi, and newspapers.  432 371 3044 for to go orders.  

Tom’s Terlingua Auto

Hi Y’all!   We are back and will be open beginning Monday, July 20th 8-4!

Come see us at the Saturday Community Market, open from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Located in the Ghost Town, down in the Community Garden, we're here every Saturday with happy vendors offering an array of locally produced goods and other items.

Local art, handcrafted textile goods, fresh eggs, sour dough bread, jelly, pickles, all natural lip balms and skin care products, all natural essential oil fragrances, beard oil and massage oils, handcrafted, creative jewelry, resin creations, practical and artistic items made of reclaimed steel and more -- you never know just what or who you'll find here. 

Flea market items are also welcome. After all, reusing and up-cycling already existing items is smart and green. We ask a $10 donation to the Community Garden to set up, helping us to continue to improve this space and experience for all of us. We welcome new vendors. To make it easy for new vendors to try our market and to show our appreciation to our regular vendors, we waive set-up fees on the first Saturday of the month, offering free set-up on that day.

For more information, text or call 432.213.1863 or pop in at the market for a chat. Prepared food vendors must display current food handling licence. (A quick, easy and affordable online course can provide that).

Please help keep our market space safe and comfortable for all, two-legged and four, by keeping all dogs leashed and under control. We look forward to seeing you there.

All Energies: New commercial grade 395 Watt solar panels for $125 each. Call or text Casey 432-242-1874

Victoria "Vicki" Kempf Harris, 64, passed away on July 8, 2026. A lifelong resident of Terlingua Ghost Town, Texas, Vicki was a beloved member of the Big Bend community whose spirit was as wild and beautiful as the desert she called home.

Vicki is survived by her three children, Elena, Viola, and Hance; her sister, Elizabeth Gay Davidson; her great-nephew, Anthony Pattillo; and her extended family and countless friends throughout the Big Bend region. She was preceded in death by her mother, Joanne Kempf; her father, Kenneth "Zero" Kempf; her brother, Dan Kempf; her niece, Jennifer Pattillo; and her dear love, John Wayne Kelly.

Vicki was a true fixture of Terlingua. She knew the desert like the back of her hand and never hesitated to share a story, offer advice, or speak her mind. For many visitors, she was the very first person they met when arriving in Terlingua, and over the years she formed lifelong friendships with people from all walks of life.

She found joy in dancing, singing, running the river, studying herbs, and spending time beneath the endless West Texas stars. She loved watching the sun rise over the Chisos Mountains and the desert come alive at sunset. She had a special gift for befriending every person-and every desert critter-she encountered. Above all else, Vicki loved being a mother to her children and a "Tía" to anyone who needed a helping hand, a kind word, or a place to belong.

Vicki's legacy lives on in the hearts of all who knew and loved her, and in every desert sunrise and sunset over the land she cherished. May she rest in peace.

A Celebration of Life will be held on what would have been her 65th birthday, August 22, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. at the Terlingua Ghost Town Cemetery. Family and friends are invited to gather as we honor and remember her life. An additonal celebration in her honor will follow the service.

A memorial fund will be established at West Texas National Bank. Please contact Her Daughters.

Please mark your calendars for August 22nd it would have been Vicki's birthday and we will be sending her off TERLINGUA style, a memorial service followed by a celebration of life to honor her and share all the memories and stories heck we might even fly some kite's and have a few drinks. I know she would love you to attend if she was your friend and she probably wouldn't mind a few pecker woods also bring your dancing shoes, your instruments, pictures and stories. Let's call it Vicki's Day 8-22-26!!!

KEEP BIG BEND WILD!

Huge thanks to everyone who submitted comments to CBD opposing their plans for massive infrastructure in Big Bend National Park. About 90 of you bcc’ed KBBW, and that’s likely a small percentage of the total.  Of course, having waived all applicable laws, CBP is under no legal obligation to read, consider, publish, or report back to the public what they heard.  

 

It’s important that we not let down our guard now.  Please keep contacting the Washington offices of as many Texas congressional reps as you can, and Sens. Cornyn and Cruz.  See “Your Voice Matters” at https://keepbigbendwild.org/wall-handout/ to make it easy.  Since Governor Abbott has declined to call a special election for TX-23, KBBW suggests calling other Republican Congresspeople from Texas, imploring them to represent the interests of Texan citizens currently without representation in the House.  You can find out who represents other areas of the state at https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/map.

 

If you see any activity by CBP or its contractors that look like they are planning or starting construction activities in the national park, please take photos, and get as much information as you can – company logos, what they are doing, where they are doing it, etc.  Send that info to info@keepbigbendwild.org. Help us make noise!  We hope not, but it may take documentation of something truly egregious to turn this tide.

 

We have gotten them to back away from a wall, and (maybe) from lighting inside the national park.  We can and will defeat the worst of their remaining plans, too, which include dozens of miles of new roads, some of which will require explosives and blasting and leave irreparable scars on the landscape.  Keep fighting!  The next few weeks and months are a critical time.

 

Fighting yes, but please, do not attempt to obstruct or otherwise interfere with any activities by DHS officials, employees or their contractors, as such behavior could well constitute a serious Federal offense. KBBW does not encourage or support this.

 Social media is not really our thing, but nonetheless please follow us on our new Facebook page.

Please add your name to the Keep Big Bend Wild supporter list (if you have not already done so) at keepbigbendwild.org/become-a-supporter.  While donations are helpful and appreciated (we're financially sponsored by the El Paso Community Foundation, a 501c3),  your names as supporters are even more valuable .  Local business supporters are especially important, and appreciated.  

 Interested in doing more? KBBW is looking for additional people to join our core team (ie the board), especially from Big Bend area gateway communities. Contact bob.krumenaker@keepbigbendwild.org to discuss.

 KBBW is a strategic partner in the No Big Bend Wall Coalition.  

#keepbigbendwild

 Bob Krumenaker

Chair, Keep Big Bend Wild

bob.krumenaker@keepbigbendwild.org

www.keepbigbendwild.org

#keepbigbendwild

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TERLINGUA MOON - July 13, 2026 - Vol. 27, No. 38

TERLINGUA MOON
July 13, 2026            
by Terlingua Thinking Team!!!

"For all its enormous range of space, climate, and physical appearance, and for all the internal squabbles, contentions, and strivings, Texas has a tight cohesiveness perhaps stronger than any other section of America. Rich, poor, Panhandle, Gulf, city, country, Texas is the obsession, the proper study, and the passionate possession of all Texans." - John Steinbeck, American author

"It's always the small people who change things. It's never the politicians or the big guys. I mean, who pulled down the Berlin wall? It was all the people in the streets. The specialists didn't have a clue the day before." - Luc Besson, French filmmaker

NO WALL ACTION - YOU ARE NEEDED TODAY - MONDAY, JULY 13, 2026
KEEP BIG BEND WILD has sent in our comments to CBP with specific, point-by-point suggestions for them to exercise restraint and follow CBP Commissioner Scott’s stated commitment of  "responsible stewardship of the land and [to] minimize harm to the greatest extent practicable" in Big Bend National Park.  We’ve posted a Call to Action which makes it easy for others to make similar points – it’s essential we flood them with as many comments with specific, practical suggestions for how they can modify their proposal – as irrational as that proposal is.  
 
There’s still time to send in your comments.  Do it.  Please.  We don’t know if they will take them seriously.  But we do know that if we don’t overwhelm them with comments, they’ll be able to say that their destructive plans did not raise any significant objections. Comments are due 7/13/26. 
 
Send your comments by email to BigBendComments@cbp.dhs.gov.  Please bcc your comments to: info@keepbigbendwild.org
 
While you’re on that roll, please add your name (if you have not already done so) to the Keep Big Bend Wild supporter list at keepbigbendwild.org/become-a-supporter. Thanks!
 
Here are the key points we encourage you to make in your comments – there’s more detail at the Call to Action link above.

    Data show that the border adjoining the national park is not an area of high illegal entry. There’s no emergency requiring immediate action.  Slow down, analyze the comments, modify your plans. 
    Honor CBP Commissioner Scott’s commitments to minimize unnecessary impacts to Big Bend National Park, eliminating all plans that are an any way inconsistent with his commitments.  
    Eliminate vehicle barriers east and west of Mariscal Canyon as there is no vehicle access in Mexico across the Rio Grande at these locations.
    Restrict proposed vehicle barriers near Lajitas and downstream of Boquillas Canyon to lands outside the national park, and they will accomplish the same purpose without impacting NPS lands and resources.
    Rather than build any new patrol roads in the park, upgrade the existing unpaved River Road to the standard agreed to by the NPS and USBP years ago.
    Do not pave any existing or new roads in the park. 
    Delete the section of new road north of Mesa de Anguila.
    Do not build a road across Mariscal Mountain or any other place in the park that would require blasting or construction of switchbacks.
    Do not locate any new patrol roads within any existing NPS visitor or administrative facilities, 
    Reconsider the proposed hardwired sensor configuration requiring communications and power cables, and improve or enhance the existing sensor network with updated wireless technology and solar/battery power.
    In lieu of fixed, hardwired sensors, deploy advanced aerial surveillance systems, including high altitude drones that cannot be detected by casual observers on the ground.
    Keep any laydown or staging areas to existing paved sites in the park or, preferably, use areas outside park boundaries. 
    Do not build a construction camp or house workers anywhere inside Big Bend National Park.
    Truck in all water needed for construction activities from water-abundant areas outside of Brewster County rather than overtax the park and county’s existing wells and delivery systems. 
    Do not install lights on any new infrastructure in the national park.

Thank you for exercising your rights as citizens to petition your government.  Learn more at keepbigbendwild.org/border-issues/.  Check out our new Facebook page. 
 
KBBW is a strategic partner in the No Big Bend Wall Coalition.  
#keepbigbendwild

Bob Krumenaker
Chair, Keep Big Bend Wild
bob.krumenaker@keepbigbendwild.org
www.keepbigbendwild.org
#keepbigbendwild

RALLY THIS SATURDAY AT 7:30 A.M.
Join us on July 18, 2026 as exercise our First Amendment rights to oppose border walls and wire.
Family Friendly! Let’s Rally!
Where: at the ‘Y’ in Study Butte . Hwy 118 @ 170
When: 7:30 - 10:30 a.m.*
No Man Camps. No Eminent Domain. No Lights. No Wire. No Wall!

MILKY WAY TREATS
The ice cream trailer will be open this weekend, Saturday – Monday, 4–9 p.m. We’ll have our creamy, dreamy chocolate and vanilla soft serve. We have several varieties homemade pints to go, fun sundaes and pup cups! Hope to see you, Gracias, Terlingua!

BOATHOUSE
Wed - Open Mic

STARLIGHT
Mon, July 13 - Ted Arbogast
Fri, July 17 - Mo Moses
Sat, July 18 - Bill Palmer

VIVA BIG BEND
July 22-26 - VivaBigBend.com

LA KIVA UPDATE!
On vacation until 7/27.

ALL YOU NEED TO ATTEND AN AA MEETING IS A DESIRE TO QUIT
If you have, or think you might have, a drinking problem, we meet at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday at the Big Bend Church, just north of the post office. 

COMMUNITY MARKET THIS SATURDAY AT 10:00 A.M.
Come see us at the Saturday Community Market, open from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Located in the Ghost Town, down in the Community Garden, we're here every Saturday with happy vendors offering an array of locally produced goods and other items.

Local art, handcrafted textile goods, fresh eggs, sour dough bread, jelly, pickles, all natural lip balms and skin care products, all natural essential oil fragrances, beard oil and massage oils, handcrafted, creative jewelry, resin creations, practical and artistic items made of reclaimed steel and more -- you never know just what or who you'll find here. 

Flea market items are also welcome. After all, reusing and up-cycling already existing items is smart and green. We ask a $10 donation to the Community Garden to set up, helping us to continue to improve this space and experience for all of us. 

We welcome new vendors. To make it easy for new vendors to try our market and to show our appreciation to our regular vendors, we waive set-up fees on the first Saturday of the month, offering free set-up on that day.

For more information, text or call 432.213.1863 or pop in at the market for a chat. Prepared food vendors must display current food handling licence. (A quick, easy and affordable online course can provide that).

Please help keep our market space safe and comfortable for all, two-legged and four, by keeping all dogs leashed and under control. We look forward to seeing you there.

TIVOS PLACE RESTAURANT
On vacation!

TAQUERIA EL MILAGRO
On vacation!

ESPRESSO ... Y POCO MAS
We open at  7:30 a.m., seven days a week for home cooked breakfasts, lunches and the best coffee in the area. Smoothies and iced drinks.  Located in the Ghost Town, great seating with fantastic views, strong wifi, and newspapers.  432 371 3044 for to go orders.   

CONDOLENCES
It's with a heavy heart that I'm posting this to let Ya'll know that our good friend, Betty Reed, passed away Thursday, July 9, 2026. She was a one in a million friend. I'm going to miss her.    - Lee Durham

TERLINGUA MUSIC BASH
October 15 - 18
This year's costume parade theme is Dia de los Muertos!
We'll have a special Day of the Dead party at La Kiva with Kelli King & The Royal Pains to celebrate those who have passed in recent years. Bring something happy for the shrine. Everything will be soulful and brightly colored this year, hope you're coming!
As soon as the schedule is ready we'll post it here. Won't be long.
If you're wanting rooms in hotels or B&B's, now's the time. There's a list of suggestions at the bottom of this link. https://cabin10.org/camping-%2F-places-to-stay

Mike Minnick is giving Music Bash goers half price, $10 per person per day primitive camping with access to his Temple of the Bird Hostel amenities like shower, bathroom and kitchen. We call that Camp Barlow @ The Bird and late, late night playing will happen there every night. He has more tent campsites than we could possibly need, just trust in Mike. I do. If you need an RV spot, there are some with partial hookups, if you're looking for an RV spot contact me for the discount code.
We're going to start posting details here every week as they develop, stay tuned!

YOUR SOLAR NEEDS
All Energies: New commercial grade 395 Watt solar panels for $125 each. Looking for an EG4 inverter?  Order one from us for the same price as Signature Solar.  Call or text Casey 432-242-1874

TANKS A LOT TERLINGUA
NEW DELIVERY!
New tanks just received in stock: 1350, 2000, 2500, 3000 gallons. Still also have some 100 and 550 gallon tanks in stock.
In addition to tanks we offer water pumps, filters, delivery and installation.  
All tanks come with a warranty.
We also sell larger, steel Pioneer tanks.
Catch the rain while ya can!
Located near the Terlingua Ranch Lodge
Call Mark or Michelle: 806-781-7814 or 806-781-4723 (cell)

MOBILE VET CLINIC
I want to let you know that Alpine Humane Society, in collaboration with Operation Kindness, Be Veterinary Consulting, Petco Love, and the State of Texas, is bringing back the Free Terlingua Pet Clinic at the Red Patillo Community Center, 201 Rex Ivey Rd, Study Butte, TX, on Friday, August 28th, and Saturday, August 29th.

If your Pet received vaccinations from us at last year’s clinic, they will be due again at the same time this year. Wellness services will be available daily from 10 am to 4 pm on a walk-in basis. If you need spay or neuter surgery, it will be by appointment on a limited basis.

For information, or to schedule surgery services, please call the Alpine Humane Society helpline at 432-837-2532 or email: maryann@alpinehumanesociety.org
                                
BREWSTER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT MEETING - JULY 14
Link to agenda: ile:///C:/Users/Administrator/Dropbox/PC/Downloads/Brewster County Regular Commissioners Court Meeting Agenda - July 14, 2026.pdf

HIGH SIERRA
 Our Summer hours are noon to 9pm for the Restaurant Thursday through Tuesday,  Bar opens at noon to midnight Thursday through Tuesdays, We are closed on Wednesday,  
Come and try our Frozen Margaritas, add peach, Mango, Coconut, Strawberry.
Thank you,
Mary Ann Vega
Executive DIrector
432-837-2532
maryann@alpinehumanesociety.org
Alpine Humane Society

TERLINGUA TRASH PICKUP
weekly trash pickup for residential and business.
64 gallon can - $49.99 per month.
96 gallon can - $59.99 per month. 
We do JUNK REMOVAL too: wood piles, tires, house clean outs, mattresses, appliances, and more! 2 YARD DUMPSTERS for weekly pickup are currently being built! Only 9 available: reserve one now!  Website: www.terlinguatrash.com. Have a great day! -Jimmy (432) 201 -5638.

The Terlingua Moon

7 July 2026 --Vol. 37 #27

 

This week’s Moon brought to you by Ghost Writers on the Sly.

 

THE source for news in South Brewster County.  Updated every Tuesday. If you have something to share, send it to us at terlinguamoon@gmail.com.

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KEEP BIG BEND WILD!

There’s still time to send in your comments to CBD about their BBNP project.  Do it.  Please.   THIS IS OUR LAST WEEK TO COMMENT as they are due 7/13/26.   KBBW has posted a Call to Action with key points we encourage you to make in your comments, summarized here: 

 

·         Data show that the border adjoining the national park is not an area of high illegal entry. There’s no emergency requiring immediate action.  Slow down, analyze the comments, modify your plans. 

·         Honor CBP Commissioner Scott’s commitments to minimize unnecessary impacts to Big Bend National Park, eliminating all plans that are an any way inconsistent with his commitments.  

·         Eliminate vehicle barriers east and west of Mariscal Canyon as there is no vehicle access in Mexico across the Rio Grande at these locations.

·         Restrict proposed vehicle barriers near Lajitas and downstream of Boquillas Canyon to lands outside the national park, and they will accomplish the same purpose without impacting NPS lands and resources.

·         Rather than build any new patrol roads in the park, upgrade the existing unpaved River Road to the standard agreed to by the NPS and USBP years ago.

·         Do not pave any existing or new roads in the park. 

·         Delete the section of new road north of Mesa de Anguila.

·         Do not build a road across Mariscal Mountain or any other place in the park that would require blasting or construction of switchbacks.

·         Do not locate any new patrol roads within any existing NPS visitor or administrative facilities, 

·         Reconsider the proposed hardwired sensor configuration requiring communications and power cables, and improve or enhance the existing sensor network with updated wireless technology and solar/battery power.

·         In lieu of fixed, hardwired sensors, deploy advanced aerial surveillance systems, including high altitude drones that cannot be detected by casual observers on the ground.

·         Keep any laydown or staging areas to existing paved sites in the park or, preferably, use areas outside park boundaries. 

·         Do not build a construction camp or house workers anywhere inside Big Bend National Park.

·         Truck in all water needed for construction activities from water-abundant areas outside of Brewster County rather than overtax the park and county’s existing wells and delivery systems. 

·         Do not install lights on any new infrastructure in the national park.

 

Send your comments by email to BigBendComments@cbp.dhs.gov.  

Please bcc your comments to : info@keepbigbendwild.org.  

Thank you for exercising your rights as citizens to petition your government.  Learn more at keepbigbendwild.org/border-issues/.   

 

While you’re on that roll, please add your name to the Keep Big Bend Wild supporter list (if you have not already done so) at keepbigbendwild.org/become-a-supporter and follow us on our new Facebook page.

 

KBBW is a strategic partner in the No Big Bend Wall Coalition.  

#keepbigbendwild

 

Terlingua Fire and EMS
What a wonderful night! Thank you to the community for a tremendous turnout for our 4th of July celebration. Thank to the Chamber of Commerce for their support! Neil Trammel entertained all! Big Bend Ranch State Park and the Big Bend Public Library participated and engaged the community with educational offerings. We are so grateful for our partnership with Big Bend National Park. They showed up in force helping to cook, serve, and clean up. We couldn’t do this without all this amazing support.

 

Hi Terlingua, Friendship will be offering a short workshop on what it feels like to be a patient with dementia. Lots of information and interactive activities for caregivers. Please attend here at the Crisis Center on July 15.  10 am to 1 pm

 

Crisis Center Terlingua
Hello Terlingua, WTFB distribution will be Friday July 17th from 10am to 3:30pm. The truck will be here Wednesday July 15th around 11am, a thank you to all of our fantastic volunteers, without your support and constant help this would not be possible. Thanks to you guys!!! Please remember to bring your cards, in order to collect the boxes you will need the cards. Thanks again!

 

TERLINGUA CARES

no donation necessary
𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒘 & 𝑻𝒆𝒍𝒍
𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟐𝟓 • 𝟑:𝟎𝟎 𝐏𝐌 ❖ 𝐃𝐁'𝐬 𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐈𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐁𝐐
There's always that one thing sitting around your house that deserves to get out for at least an afternoon.

Th rock with the face. The fossil that might actually be mold. Therusty mystery object holding together both your plumbing and electrical system. The oddball thrift store find. The handmade creation with a stupider story. The old Terlingua photo of half-naked dudes. The thing, you know, the thing.

Now we can all be in one spot to check out everyone else's weird stuff.

 

Doctor Jay Kirk, Owner and operator of Clark Chiropractic from Odessa will be in the area Friday night July 10th at Easter egg motel and then Saturday morning July 11th at Mrs Ann Dixon's home on whitemill road off of Terlingua ranch road to see people and do treatments. He will be in alpine Saturday afternoon. 

 

You can call his office number to book an appointment for friday night or saturday morning. 1 432/337-5553 Call Clark Chiropractic office number by no later than Thursday afternoon by 4 pm and tell them that you want to book an appointment for friday evening or Saturday morning. Make sure you tell them that you're wanting to make the appointment for in terlingua for either the friday night or the saturday morning.

He uses DNFT Directional technique.

https://www.clarkchiropractictx.com/

 

MILKY WAY TREATS ice cream trailer will be open this weekend, Saturday-Monday, 4-9pm. We’ll have our creamy vanilla soft serve along with the dairy-free pineapple. We have lots of pints of homemade ice cream, fun sundaes, something for everyone! Pup cups, too! Gracias, Terlingua!

 

Espresso ... y poco mas

 We open at  7:30 a.m., seven days a week for home cooked breakfasts, lunches and the best coffee in the area. Smoothies and iced drinks.  Located in the Ghost Town, great seating with fantastic views, strong wifi, and newspapers.  432 371 3044 for to go orders.   

Taqueria El Milagro

Closed for the summer.  See you in September!

 

Terlingua Trash Pickup - weekly trash pickup for residential and business.

64 gallon can - $49.99 per month.

96 gallon can - $59.99 per month. 

We do JUNK REMOVAL too: contact for free estimate!  All the details and pricing on the website: www.terlinguatrash.com.

Have a great day! -Jimmy (432) 201 -5638.

All Energies: arriving next week, 395 watt solar modules for $125 each. Looking for an EG4 inverter?  Order one from us for the same price as Signature Solar.  Call or text Casey 432-242-1874

 

DON'T LOSE THAT PRECIOUS RAIN WATER!

We can help - Call: TANKS A LOT TERLINGUA

Water Catchment Tanks, Pumps, Filters and Installation

Locally owned - located near the Terlingua Ranch Lodge.

Call Mark or Michelle: 432-371-3096 (home/office) or 806-781-7814 (cell)

 

Come see us at the Saturday Community Market, open from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Located in the Ghost Town, down in the Community Garden, we're here every Saturday with happy vendors offering an array of locally produced goods and other items.

 

Local art, handcrafted textile goods, fresh eggs, sour dough bread, jelly, pickles, all natural lip balms and skin care products, all natural essential oil fragrances, beard oil and massage oils, handcrafted, creative jewelry, resin creations, practical and artistic items made of reclaimed steel and more -- you never know just what or who you'll find here. 

 

Flea market items are also welcome. After all, reusing and up-cycling already existing items is smart and green. We ask a $10 donation to the Community Garden to set up, helping us to continue to improve this space and experience for all of us. 

 

We welcome new vendors. To make it easy for new vendors to try our market and to show our appreciation to our regular vendors, we waive set-up fees on the first Saturday of the month, offering free set-up on that day.

 

For more information, text or call 432.213.1863 or pop in at the market for a chat. Prepared food vendors must display current food handling licence. (A quick, easy and affordable online course can provide that).

 

Please help keep our market space safe and comfortable for all, two-legged and four, by keeping all dogs leashed and under control. We look forward to seeing you there.

 

Terlingua Moon - June 29, 2026 - Vol. 37, No. 26

 TERLINGUA MOON
June 29, 2026            
by Terlingua Thinking Team!!!

"I have no patience for people who can watch the world burn and never wonder: How do I become rain?" - John Roedel, poet.

"If we actually sat down and listened to each other and loved our enemies: That, I think, is the way out of all this." - James Talarico, U.S. Senate candidate from Texas

NO WALL ACTION - YOU ARE NEEDED
 As noted last week, KEEP BIG BEND WILD has sent in our comments to CBD with specific, point-by-point suggestions for them to exercise restraint and follow CBD Commissioner Scott’s stated commitment of  “responsible stewardship of the land and [to] minimize harm to the greatest extent practicable “ in Big Bend National Park.  We’ve posted a Call to Action which makes it easy for others to make similar points – it’s essential we flood them with as many comments with specific, practical suggestions for how they can modify their proposal – as irrational as that proposal is.  
 
There’s still time to send in your comments.  Do it.  Please.  We don’t know if they will take them seriously.  But we do know that if we don’t overwhelm them with comments, they’ll be able to say that their destructive plans did not raise any significant objections. Comments are due 7/13/26. 
 
Send your comments by email to BigBendComments@cbp.dhs.gov.  Please bcc your comments to : info@keepbigbendwild.org
 
While you’re on that roll, please add your name (if you have not already done so) to the Keep Big Bend Wild supporter list at keepbigbendwild.org/become-a-supporter. Thanks!
 
Here are the key points we encourage you to make in your comments – there’s more detail at the Call to Action link above.

    Data show that the border adjoining the national park is not an area of high illegal entry. There’s no emergency requiring immediate action.  Slow down, analyze the comments, modify your plans. 
    Honor CBP Commissioner Scott’s commitments to minimize unnecessary impacts to Big Bend National Park, eliminating all plans that are an any way inconsistent with his commitments.  
    Eliminate vehicle barriers east and west of Mariscal Canyon as there is no vehicle access in Mexico across the Rio Grande at these locations.
    Restrict proposed vehicle barriers near Lajitas and downstream of Boquillas Canyon to lands outside the national park, and they will accomplish the same purpose without impacting NPS lands and resources.
    Rather than build any new patrol roads in the park, upgrade the existing unpaved River Road to the standard agreed to by the NPS and USBP years ago.
    Do not pave any existing or new roads in the park. 
    Delete the section of new road north of Mesa de Anguila.
    Do not build a road across Mariscal Mountain or any other place in the park that would require blasting or construction of switchbacks.
    Do not locate any new patrol roads within any existing NPS visitor or administrative facilities, 
    Reconsider the proposed hardwired sensor configuration requiring communications and power cables, and improve or enhance the existing sensor network with updated wireless technology and solar/battery power.
    In lieu of fixed, hardwired sensors, deploy advanced aerial surveillance systems, including high altitude drones that cannot be detected by casual observers on the ground.
    Keep any laydown or staging areas to existing paved sites in the park or, preferably, use areas outside park boundaries. 
    Do not build a construction camp or house workers anywhere inside Big Bend National Park.
    Truck in all water needed for construction activities from water-abundant areas outside of Brewster County rather than overtax the park and county’s existing wells and delivery systems. 
    Do not install lights on any new infrastructure in the national park.

Thank you for exercising your rights as citizens to petition your government.  Learn more at keepbigbendwild.org/border-issues/.  Check out our new Facebook page. 
 
KBBW is a strategic partner in the No Big Bend Wall Coalition.  
#keepbigbendwild

Bob Krumenaker
Chair, Keep Big Bend Wild
bob.krumenaker@keepbigbendwild.org
www.keepbigbendwild.org
#keepbigbendwild

RALLY THIS SATURDAY AT 7:30 A.M.
Join us on July 4th, 2026 as we celebrate the 250th Anniversary of our Nation’s Independence! Family Friendly! Let’s Rally!
Where: at the ‘Y’ in Study Butte . Hwy 118 @ 170
When: 7:30 - 10:30 a.m.*
Free breakfast tacos while they last!
No Taxation without Representation. This not how our taxpayer dollars are to be spent.
U.S. Representative Tony Gonzales of Texas officially resigned from Congress on Tuesday, April 14, 2026. Three months later, Gov. Greg Abbott, who has the sole power to schedule a special election to fill the seat for the remainder of the term, refuses to do so OR signal when that may happen. In the meantime, we have ZERO representation to advocate for us in Congress and are now faced with both the very real threat of a Border Wall and Barriers as well as the New World Screwworm, the majority of cases being in the 23rd District.
*Folks interested in going to the park after the rally to visit with tourists, check in at the rally OR email defendersoftheriogrande@proton.me
No Man Camps. No Eminent Domain. No Lights. No Wire. No Wall!

FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION ON 250TH AMERICAN CENTENNIAL
July 4th Parade - 5:30 p.m., line up at Cottonwood. Parade starts around 6:00 p.m., route is to the South Brewster Co Emergency Response Center. Terlingua Fire and EMS serving hot dog dinner. Music, food, and fun!! Come on out. All proceeds to benefit Terlingua Fire and EMS.

BOATHOUSE FOURTH OF JULY
Music with Butch Hancock, 8:00 - 11:00 p.m.

PROPERTY OWNERS' ASSOC OF TERLINGUA RANCH
Join your friends and neighbors at the next monthly potluck on Thursday, July 2nd, 6:00 p.m., at the Bunkhouse on the ranch.  The ranch will provide iced tea, water, paper plates and cutlery.  Please bring a dish to share.  For more information, please call Amy at 432.294.1530.

LA KIVA UPDATE!
We will be open through the 4th of July then we’re going on vacation. Normal schedule will resume on 7/27.
In the meantime there’s some new summer cocktails y’all can come try, we promise they’re fun and super refreshing!
Hard Arnold Palmer with peach infused bourbon
Luxardo cherry limeade
Burro (spicy Sotol mule)
And of course the kiwi lemongrass boba-rita with bursting boba balls
Come see us before the break!

BON APPETIT - WE’RE TAKING A LITTLE BREAK
 First and foremost, we’d like to thank this beautiful community for selling us out almost every day since we launched, that’s FOUR STRAIGHT MONTHS!!! We never imagined we’d get this reaction, and we are SO grateful. 

We have decided to take a break for the month of July to catch up on all the not so exciting parts of starting a small business.

We will also be taking this time to work on new menu items, new concepts, and sourcing the most healthy products we can find. Please drop a comment on what you’ve enjoyed or what you want to see more of, so we can make it happen. We would also love to hear where you think we can improve, maybe send those in a private message though hehe. 

ALL YOU NEED TO ATTEND AN AA MEETING IS A DESIRE TO QUIT
If you have, or think you might have, a drinking problem, we meet at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday at the Big Bend Church, just north of the post office. 

COMMUNITY MARKET THIS SATURDAY AT 10:00 A.M.
Well, we seem to have blown right through June already or maybe we sweatily slid through. Either way, the first Saturday of July is already upon us, the 4th of July (!), which means free vendor set-up at the Saturday Community Market, open from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Located in the Ghost Town, down in the Community Garden, we're here every Saturday with happy vendors offering an array of locally produced goods and other items.

Local art, handcrafted textile goods, fresh eggs, sour dough bread, jelly, pickles, all natural lip balms and skin care products, all natural essential oil fragrances, beard oil and massage oils, handcrafted, creative jewelry, resin creations, practical and artistic items made of reclaimed steel and more -- you never know just what or who you'll find here. 

Flea market items are also welcome. After all, reusing and up-cycling already existing items is smart and green. We ask a $10 donation to the Community Garden to set up, helping us to continue to improve this space and experience for all of us. 

We welcome new vendors. To make it easy for new vendors to try our market and to show our appreciation to our regular vendors, we waive set-up fees on the first Saturday of the month, offering free set-up on that day.

For more information, text or call 432.213.1863 or pop in at the market for a chat. Prepared food vendors must display current food handling licence. (A quick, easy and affordable online course can provide that).

Please help keep our market space safe and comfortable for all, two-legged and four, by keeping all dogs leashed and under control. We look forward to seeing you there.

LITTLE BURRO COUNTRY STORE
Your local stop in the heart of West Texas. We’d love to see you swing by!
Store Hours
Sundays: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Mondays–Saturdays: 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.

 Whether you’re grabbing essentials, saying hi to Veru the store cat, or just passing through Jackass Flats, we’re here to welcome you with that small-town charm.
Come on by and see us!

TIVOS PLACE RESTAURANT
Sorry for the unexpected mid-week notice. Tivo's Place Restaurant will be closed for the summer as of today, Wednesday, June 24, 2026. Thank you so much for your support.
Enjoy your Summer
7th Day Tivo's Hotel will be open for bookings.
432-556-1656

TERLINGUA TRASH PICKUP
weekly trash pickup for residential and business.
64 gallon can - $49.99 per month.
96 gallon can - $59.99 per month. 
We do JUNK REMOVAL too: contact for free estimate!
All the details and pricing on the website: www.terlinguatrash.com.
Have a great day! -Jimmy (432) 201 -5638.

TAQUERIA EL MILAGRO
Open through the holiday weekend with authentic Mexican food and more in the Ghost Town.   Serving  Mexican recipes from street tacos to steaks and huge side dishes. Great food, great setting.  BYOB. Open Wednesday through Sunday from 3 p.m. until 9 p.m. 432 371-2060 for take out via our drive through window. Closing for the summer after this weekend.

ESPRESSO ... Y POCO MAS
Happy 4th!  We open at  7:30 a.m., seven days a week for home cooked breakfasts, lunches and the best coffee in the area. Smoothies and iced drinks.  Located in the Ghost Town, great seating with fantastic views, strong wifi, and newspapers.  432 371 3044 for to go orders.  

SPECIAL MEETING - BREWSTER COUNTY CC
At this link, you will find the agenda for the Brewster County Special Commissioners Court Meeting on June 30, 2026. https://www.brewstercounty.gov/upload/page/0075/063026%20Brewster%20County%20Special%20Commissioners%20Court%20Meeting%20Agenda%20%20June%2030%202026.pdf

SAVE THE DATE, FOLKS!
Jackass Flats is saddlin’ up for the 8th Annual Dutch Oven Cookoff & Team Roping — and the desert’s already whisperin’ about it.
Come November 13–15, we’ll be gatherin’ in Terlingua for cast-iron cookin’, good horses, and the kind of company that feels like home.
Dust off those Dutch ovens, brush down your ponies, and get ready — more details are ridin’ your way soon.
It’s fixin’ to be a weekend of hearty food, hard work, and honest fun under those wide-open West Texas skies.
Mark your calendars — the desert don’t wait.