Terlingua Moon🌙
Volume
37, No. 23 June 9, 2026
by Blue
Grama
“Water, water, water…There is no shortage of water in the
desert but exactly the right amount” – Edward
Abbey
“When the well is dry, we know the worth of water.” – Benjamin Franklin
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THE NIGHT SKY THIS MONTH
🌗 6/8
Third Quarter
🌑 6/14
New Moon
🌓 6/21 First Quarter
🌕 6/29
Full Strawberry Moon 🍓at 6:56 pm
Summer Solstice: The first day of summer, longest day
of the year.
June 21, the Sun rises at 6:57 am and sets 8:57 pm.
Best Milky Way Viewing all year: June 14-16, take
advantage of the New Moon and the best viewing of the galactic core of the
Milky Way.
June Artieds Meteor Shower: Peaking June 10, see the
Artieds just before dawn, facing east towards Aries close to the horizon.
June Bootids Meteor Shower: Peaking Jun 27, See the
Bootids radiating from Bootes high in the sky just after sunset, or in the
early dawn hours, looking north near the Little Dipper.
Information from the EarthSky.org, Timeanddate.org, In-the-sky.org,
and McDonald Observatory.
Protect our dark skies! Turn out the
lights at night, use warm colored, downfacing or shielded lights.
MILKY WAY TREATS
Ice cream trailer is on vacation y’all! We all need a break sometimes. But
we will reopen Saturday, June 27.
Our 3 Years Here party/Pie Off was amazing! We had six delicious pies
entered, each one so yummy, it was tough choosing a winner. But we did: 1st
Best Pie, Savory Meat Pies by Karen Allen McInerney. 2nd place Best Pie,
Lime Pie by LaNetta Barnes. Best Crust, Karen Allen McInerney!!
Congratulations ladies, you did a fantastic job! We’ll do this again next year
y’all!! Gracias, Terlingua!
NO WALL 79852
Join our weekly family friendly Saturday protest at FM 170 and Hwy 118,
8:00 -10:00 AM or so. Most tourists to the area are interested and
supportive!
JUNE
12 - PARTY FOR THE PARK
Let’s celebrate Big Bend National Park’s 82nd birthday this June.
Join us for a parade & party for our beloved park. This will be an
opportunity to leave our wall worries in the dust for a day to share food,
drinks, live music, and fun!
PARADE:
The parade will start at 5:30 PM and run from Desert Sports to the Terlingua
Porch. If you’re interested in being a part of the parade, contact Celina at
210-355-2653. We have a limited number of spots available for floats!
PARTY:
When: June 12, 2026 6:00pm (parade leaves Desert Sports at
5:30pm)
Where:
Terlingua Ghost Town Porch
What:
A Mighty Little Parade! Face painting! Best Dressed Contest! Alluring Prizes!
Delicious Food! Addictive Cake! Live Music! A Star Party! And afterward, a DJ
dance party to finish us all off!
-- We will have brief welcome remarks,
followed by live music, food & drinks, and more!
-- Around 9 PM, there will be a mini-Star Party (in the parking lot).
-- After party with DJ at the Starlight Theater from 10-12 PM following the
event.
PRIZES:
Best Dressed! You know we Terlinguans love a good costume party. Dress
in a Big Bend-inspired outfit. We will have prizes for the top 3 crowd
favorites!
Best Float! We will have a Grand Prize for the favorite float! The theme
is to showcase your love for Big Bend - contact Celina with any questions
210-355-2653.
OTHER DETAILS:
BYOB (drinks will also be available for purchase)
Bring your own camp chair to stay comfy
Also, we are earnestly looking for a dunk tank if anyone has any leads on
one.
Take a load off from these uncertain times and come enjoy some light-hearted
mayhem in honor of a true Texas treasure and help us celebrate the magic and
wonder of our beloved and enchanting National Park!
RSVP: https://facebook.com/events/s/party-for-the-park-big-bend-na/759305987204888/
If you’d like to get involved and/or volunteer, we
could really use the help. We would love to fill out the parade with
some more floats and/or cool stuff. Do you have a float idea or want to help
with ours? Do you have bike/trike/segway/motorcycle/classic or “vintage” car?
An old faithful trailer that is dying to participate? Contact Celinamvelez@gmail.com or crfarm@gmail.com for more info.
CODE OF CONDUCT:
*Disclaimer: this parade and party are APOLITICAL and strictly to celebrate
the park. Please respect the intended peacefulness of this event and do not
bring signs, banners, etc denoting political beliefs. Our goal is to focus on
celebrating the park we love so much!**
BRAVO HEALTH CLINIC
Bravo Health
Terlingua remains OPEN and will continue serving the
community during our normal business hours, Monday through Friday from 10:00
AM to 2:00 PM.
The only exception will be this Thursday, when the clinic will be closed due
to staffing coverage
We want to take a moment to share our
deepest appreciation for Ashley and everything she has meant to Bravo Health
Terlingua. 💖
From the very beginning, Ashley has
been the heart of this clinic. She helped bring it to life, welcomed patients
with kindness, and served the Terlingua community with compassion, dedication,
and genuine care. Her work here has mattered deeply, and we know many patients
and neighbors have felt the impact of who she is and how faithfully she has
shown up for this community. We are deeply grateful for everything Ashley has
done for Bravo Health Terlingua and wish her nothing but happiness and success
in her next chapter.
During this transition, we are
grateful to have support from our Bravo Health Presidio team. A big thank you
to Christina and Mayra, who are driving to Terlingua to help provide coverage
and continue serving the community. Together, they bring more than 30 years of
experience caring for patients, and both are exceptional, bilingual
clinicians.
We are grateful for their willingness
to step in and provide compassionate care while we work to find a dedicated
Terlingua team member.
Thank you, Terlingua, for your
continued support. We are honored to serve this community and look forward to
continuing to care for our neighbors.
WE TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN.
CACTUS FARM POTLUCK
Potluck at The Cactus Farm!
Jackass Flats is hosting a community Potluck on June 12th at 7 PM out at
The Cactus Farm.
Bring a dish, bring a neighbor, and settle in for a warm desert evening under
the big West Texas sky. Live music with Clay-Dawg
Good food, good folks, and good tunes — everyone’s welcome.
UPCOMING JUNE MUSIC & FUN EVENTS
6/11 Thursday:
Laird Considine & Friends – Starlight
6/12 Friday:
Marc Utter – Starlight
Community Potluck, Music by Clay –
Cactus Farm
Big Bend Birthday Party! – Ghost Town
(info above)
6/13 Saturday:
Justin Upshaw – Starlight
Star
Party in the Borderlands – West Contrabando Trailhead BBRSP
6/15 Monday:
Jeffro & Rob – Starlight
6/18 & 19 Thursday & Friday:
Sarah Burton – Starlight
6/20 Saturday:
Kate Pierson – Starlight
6/22 Monday:
Jeffro & Rob – Starlight
6/25 Thursday:
The Whitmore’s – Starlight
6/26 Friday:
Richard Gans – Starlight
6/27 Saturday:
Kate Pierson – Starlight
6/29 Monday:
Jerome Efraim – Starlight
BREWSTER COUNTY E-WASTE COLLECTION DAY
Bring your old electronics for safe recycling and disposal
Accepted Items
· Printers
· Computers
· TVs
. Fax Machines
· Small Electronics
Brewster County Road & Bridge Yard
FM 170 Terlingua, TX
Saturday, June 13
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
For questions or more information, contact
Commissioner Sara Colando at: 432-244-7656
TIME TO CALL, NO WALL
REMINDER:
Please continue to call Governor Abbott (512) 463-1828
Markwayne Mullin (202) 282-8000 extension 6
Senator Cruz (202) 224-3121
Senator Cornyn (202) 224-3121
No Big Bend Wall.org is
an excellent source of information. Follow us on Facebook at No Wall
79852 for current updates. Things are changing quickly.
Download Printable Flyers thanks to no-al-muro.com:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ffgMnaK_nsqqOYLUUpPcHjdpwjqfyWLj
No Wall. No Wire. No Way.
Your voice matters. Speak up for Texas
parks, for wildlife, for our economic survival, and
for future generations.
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.
KEEP BIG BEND WILD
It has not been widely publicized, but apparently there is an opportunity to
comment on CBP’s plans for Big Bend National Park, and it’s critical that as
many of us do so as possible. Comments are due June 18. There’s a lot of
information and a comment form here: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/7b9dcd3f418b4086988532ace99a4bfc
Terrell County Sheriff Cleveland posted what he knows on
Facebook June 5th, writing “From Big Bend Ranch State Park through Big Bend
National Park and eastward to Black Gap, the proposed infrastructure will
consist primarily of technology-based surveillance systems and patrol roads. No
bollard barrier is planned within this section. However, a limited number of
vehicle barriers may be installed at specific locations. Additionally, CBP has
indicated that road paving will occur only on roads that are already paved; no
new road paving is planned in previously unpaved areas.”
This is plausible. But no new paving does not
mean no new roads.
According to the storymap web site, it still appears that
CBP intends to build a new 24 foot-wide patrol road in the national park along
the Rio from Lajitas, just north of the Mesa de Anguila, to the mouth of Santa
Elena Canyon; then from Castolon along the river, over Mariscal Mountain, over
Ernst Ridge above the Hot Springs all the way to Rio Grande Village,
where it would run through the campground and extend to the upper
end of Boquillas Canyon. They also say they’ll bury a fiber optic
cable along its entire length as well as a power line so they can use grid
power for their technology. That’s the very reliable grid power we
all know so well, right?
For the 0.045% of all nationwide border apprehensions that
occur in BBNP, we need to destroy this truly wild part of the national park,
much of which is officially-recommended wilderness? (See the stats
here: https://keepbigbendwild.org/big-bend-border-statistics)The
existing River Road and paved roads, in some cases within a stone’s throw of
the proposed road, in other cases at most a few miles north, can’t be augmented
with technology to serve the same purpose? So much for CBP Commissioner Scott’s
assertion, in the statement to Congress we noted last week, that
“[b]order security measures In the Big Bend National Park … will be adapted for
the terrain … with a limited number of low-profile vehicle barriers and patrol
roads strategically placed to leverage the landscape that serves as a natural
deterrent.”
We have gotten them to back away from a wall, and from
lighting. We can and will defeat this absurd plan, too. Keep
fighting! KBBW will summarize our comments and provide talking
points in this space in next week’s Moon.
Please learn more at keepbigbendwild.org, and please add
your name to support Keep Big Bend Wild, if you have not already done so.
There's no more important time. Donations are welcome (we're
financially sponsored by the El Paso Community Foundation, a 501c3), but we
need you to allow us to list you as a supporter even more – no need to donate.
Local business supporters are especially appreciated.
We're also looking for additional people to join the KBBW
core team (ie the board), especially from the Big Bend area. Contact bob.krumenaker@keepbigbendwild.org to
discuss.
R.O.M.E./
T.R.H.A. FREE HEALTH CLINICS
Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
Rural
Osteopathic Medical Education
Hello beautiful people of West Texas,
My name is Jenny Steward. I am a second year at UNT Health
Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine(TCOM). I am one of three mission trip
coordinators for the Texas Rural Health Association (TRHA). My counterparts are
Monica Williamson and Seth Bailey who are also second years here at TCOM.
We are excited to have the opportunity this summer to serve
your communities. We are coming down to bring FREE health clinics to your
areas! We will be in West Texas from June 27th-July 1st.
I have attached the flyer for the days that we are hoping to
be at your specific site. Please tell everyone! We are ready to work and to
serve as many people as we can!
We know the fall sports season is coming up, so we are
providing UIL sports physicals as well, and they are FREE! Please tell parents
and coaches! Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns. Also,
please let us know if you are needing anything. We are so excited to serve you
all.
The medical team will be at the Terlingua high school on
Monday, June 29 from 10 am - 6pm. They will do full physicals, diabetes,
hypertension, sports physicals. Sonagrams PT OT evals and recommendations and
more. Everything is free. Open to everybody and all ages. You just need to come
to the high school and sign up that day.
We will be putting up fliers soon. This is Anna Marie Posey
and we will be providing food for lunch and supper for the group. I'm asking
anyone in the community who would like to show their appreciation for the over
40 coming to help our and other communities. Anyone who is willing to donate
food and/or donate their time to come help us in set up, prepping food,
serving, cleaning up in the kitchen at the high school. I would certainly
appreciate all the help. you can contact me at 432 231 3833 to let me know if
you're wanting to volunteer in providing food or in helping us in the kitchen
in preparing and having the food ready for them. Last year they actually stayed
until eleven o'clock pm to see the last person. This year they will be starting
early at 10 AM till 6 PM
We'll be
putting up fliers with more details, and we'll also provide more information
in each terlingua moon up until the date they come. We look forward to
hearing from the community. Let's show our love and appreciation in the way
that Terlingua knows how. Thank you, and look forward to hearing from our
community. Anna Marie Posey 432 231 3833
SATURDAY COMMUNITY MARKET IN THE GARDEN
Come see us at the Saturday Community Market, open from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM.
Yes - right on through the summer! Located in the Ghost Town, down in the
Community Garden, in the shade, 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.
TAQUERIA
EL MILAGRO
We are here for your great street tacos, steaks and big side dishes from
authentic Mexican recipes. All in a wonderful setting. We are
BYOB. Open Wednesday through Sunday from 3 pm until 9 pm. 432
371-2060 for take-out via our drive through window.
ESPRESSO Y POCO MAS
We're open 7 days a week for home cooked breakfasts, lunches and the best
coffee in the area. Located in the Ghost Town, great seating with
fantastic views, strong wifi, and newspapers. 432 371 3044 for to go
orders. Open at 7:30 a.m.
TERLINGUA
TRASH PICKUP
"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!
1st
round of WEEKLY DUMPSTERS are here!! - 4 cubic yard size.
All the
details and pricing on the website: www.terlinguatrash.com.
Have a
great day! -Jimmy (432) 201 -5638."
NEED
A MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT?
NEED A MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT?
Veteran
Independent Insurance Agent, Michelle Chiles, is coming out of retirement and
ready to help.
Call or
email for information and quotes:
806-781-4723
- cell
TANKS A LOT TERLINGUA
ARE YOU READY TO CATCH THE NEXT RAINFALL?
We can
help - Call: TANKS A LOT TERLINGUA
Water
Catchment Tanks, Pumps, Filters and Installation
Tax
Exempt and Warranty
Locally
owned - located near the Terlingua Ranch Lodge.
Call
Mark or Michelle: 432-371-3096 (home/office) or 806-781-7814 (cell)
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Thank you, Terlingua!!
