Down the Open Road: Starlight Theatre and 41 Mile Jeep Trip

The Starlight Theatre Restaurant & Saloon in the historic Terlingua Ghost Town occupies Terlingua’s original movie house and performance theater. Finished in 1931, the Theatre was built to bring some culture to this remote mining town. The Starlight serves dinner 7 nights a week and has some of Terlingua’s hottest live music in the area.

As we arrived for Monday’s special - 2 for 1 burger night – and of course, happy hour for their delicious margaritas – the sun was starting to set over the Chisos Mountains. It was absolutely breathtaking. You just had to be there to see it! The inside of the Theatre was so enchanting with its high ceilings and western atmosphere. Service also was definitely a 10!

That following Tuesday we packed ourselves into the Jeep with plenty of water (always, in the mountains!) and headed out on South County Road (just across the road from where are staying at BJs RV Park) and decided that we were going to drive this stretch of road through the mountains which we were told would come out on Hwy 118 inside of Terlingua Ranch lands.

What a ride! Jeff did an amazing job on the rough roads. We were gone about 3 hours on this 41 mile trek and were able to get some great pictures. At times the ride was a little unnerving because of the sloppy roads from the rain that fell 2 days prior. It takes a while to really dry out some roads around here as they get pretty slick, making it almost unsafe to travel when it is raining.