Terlingua is home to the countries largest annual chili cook-off. Maybe you recognize the name from signs decorating the walls of the restaurant chain Chili's. Maybe only I recognized the name because I worked as a server at Chili's for two years.
Terlingua is a town of completely unremarkable dirt. There are mining outfits, tiny resorts for Big Bend visitors, and not much else.
If it's not chili cook-off time, don't bother stopping.
There is a hotel, a small outdoor main street with restaurants and bars, shops, and recreation outfitters. There are homes for sale, condos to rent, 4-wheelers to drive, and golf lessons to take.
Out here you can totally believe that the rich and famous come here to hide from the crowds, to play some golf on some beautiful links, and to unwind. There. Is. Nothing. Else. Out. Here.
Except Johnny Depp. Supposedly he and his crew are coming soon to film a new wild west movie. That's cool. Johnny Depp is cute. He'll bring something attractive to this land of dirt.
(The campground was almost empty while we were there, but right about NOW, it will be full of people coming for the chili cook-off in Terlingua. And then it will be empty again.)
West Texas vacation continues......