The Perch-Terlingua,Texas

11/14/2024

08/08/2024

“No house should ever be on a hill or on anything…It should be of the hill. Belonging to it. Hill and house should live together each the happier for the other.” - Frank Lloyd Wright

I always loved how the low sun carves across the structures - each angle was thought out for maximum shade, views, solar efficiency, storage. Use the topography, don’t fight it 💪🏼.

06/23/2024

Those magical sunset rolling bursts of light are something else - especially from up on the . Seen from a sojourn up to the top con and crew in 2017. Happy weekend all 👋🏼🤠

04/29/2024

Paying homage on this day to , my humble desert domicile on wheels named that provided me much needed shelter throughout my time during the buildout from late 2018 to 2022. It was an evolving work in progress from my many shade sail creations, bag shower station, clothesline, heater during ice storms, iron orchard bar, wilderness library, magnet for ground scavenging insects and an ever curious 🦨 that was always after my tortillas - the perfect rig 🤌🏼.

04/06/2024

Gotta love spring time 🌸- Those Ocotillo blooms always blow me away how vibrant they are amidst the earth tone terrain bringing in all sorts of curious pollinators - a magical time see the place transform.

01/24/2024

A great shower beer shelf/deck crew shoutout 🚿

01/24/2024

Love happy guests. Thanks for sharing your trip!

01/22/2024

January 2020 - quiet morning on the trail in . We’d done the south rim quite a bit so it felt right to take advantage of the cooler temps to tackle this windy, exposed, rocky 14 mile round trip with a lovely 2600ft of gain as you traverse a few saddles and descend down along the . It was nothing short of spectacular to have these overlooks all to ourselves. It definitely got confusing at times as you drop into arroyos and follow cairns to wind you through the maze or these passes. Numerous people have died on this trail in the past and I can see why with so little protection from the elements - travel safely, always with a plan, plenty of water and redundancies!

01/20/2024

Lighting tests back in November 2021. Loved the warm glows of each of these spaces against the gray container steel.

11/20/2023

11/20/2019 - one of those crazy perfect combos of cloud puffs, clarity and stillness. A good progress day - mostly for the fact that my sun shade didn’t get flung off the plateau 🏜️.

10/29/2023

Thanks so much to Vrbo for the feature/interview in their new magazine!!

In this off-grid, eco-friendly cabin, you can truly escape the world

08/01/2023

That cool, calm, summer morning quiet breeze makes up for that scorching afternoon barrage, or at least I keep telling myself that each time I trek out during the dog days. Either way, rotate your way through all the perch zones as the sun makes it way round, powering the multiple AC units as it does 🌞🫠💪🏼.