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Fenced Zen Yard, Mini Golf, Bikes & Modern Design

05/29/2026

One of the house bikes, parked outside our favorite grocery store in Marfa.

The Get Go is just a short cruise from the Milky WayFarer and proof that sometimes the best adventures involve groceries.

Need snacks? Beverages? Something you forgot to pack? Hop on a bike and pedal toward civilization. (By Marfa standards, anyway.)

🚲 + 🛒 = a pretty good afternoon.

05/22/2026

One of our favorite tiny details.

Custom retro-orange bedside power bricks with outlets, USB-A, and USB-C—ready for phones, watches, mystery cords, and the charger you definitely forgot at home.

Marfa already asks enough of you. Your battery percentage shouldn’t be one of them.

05/09/2026

This Lab knew. Bring the dog to Marfa.

New on the blog: a guide to visiting Marfa with your four-legged person. Fenced yard, dog park near Larry’s, a town that welcomes them as warmly as you. Plus for handmade leashes, single-ingredient treats, and meal toppers worth the detour.

📸 at — dogs welcome inside.

Link in bio.

05/02/2026

Even better in person, they really pop.

Version two of our wildly successful postcards are officially live. Somewhere between desert dust, good light, and a little Marfa magic, they came out even better than we hoped.

Big thank you to for the creativity, collaboration, and for helping us make sure our guests leave with something better than just a sunburn and a mysterious urge to move to Marfa.

04/27/2026

Marfa distances are a little… misleading.

Big Bend looks close. It’s not.
Alpine feels nearby. It kind of is.
And somehow, none of it feels far once you’re in it.

Somewhere between the drives, the playlists, and a stop or two you didn’t plan… it all starts to make sense.

New post is up: How Far Is Everything, Really?
Link in bio.

04/12/2026

House bike, parked responsibly outside Cactus Liquors.
Our favorite spot in town to buy spirits.
Convenient? Yes.
Coincidence? We’ll let Marfa take the credit.

04/04/2026

Marfa isn’t exactly what you expect.

You come for the art, the quiet, the wide-open space.
And you get all of that.

But what tends to stick… is everything you didn’t plan.

The slower mornings.
The extra cup of coffee.
The conversation that leads you somewhere not on the map.

We’ve watched it happen over and over.

Guests arrive with a list.
They leave with a feeling.

And somewhere in between, Marfa does its thing.

If you’re headed this way, we wrote a bit about it—what people expect vs. what actually happens.

Link in bio.

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03/27/2026

Desert Drip in hand, needle about to drop on a little Johnny Cash. Mornings hit different out here. And yeah… the vinyl collection is quietly growing.

03/13/2026

House bike parked outside one of our favorite Marfa stops: Love, Marfa

Lesley creates truly one-of-a-kind pieces here, so good a few have already made their way into the Milky WayFarer.

Bike ride → beautiful art → repeat.

03/06/2026

36 hours in Marfa.

Two good dinners.
One long desert road.
A little art.
A lot of sky.

Turns out you don’t need much more than that.

Full guide on the blog.

Address

Marfa, TX
79843

Telephone

+18552456969

Website

http://www.milkywayfarer.com/

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