Brian Kendall
Captured on a 10-day road trip throughout the state of Texas, an adventure that became the cover story for our March 2024 issue, this is a photo of the Chinati Mountains off Pinto Canyon Road, south of Marfa.
From the feature: “Russell tells me about a road few people know about that offers some of the best views in Texas. ‘It goes all the way to the Rio Grande,’ he says, ‘but it turns into a dirt road halfway there.’ The road in question is FM 2810 — appearing as the faintest of faint lines on any map. About 30 miles in (having never seen another car), the road does turn into a dirt road — and a rough dirt road, at that. And Russell wasn’t lying when he spoke of the breathtaking views. With any remnant of civilization gone, the rocky road zigzags up and down and through jaw-dropping vistas and leads us to Ruidosa, a quiet village on the Rio Grande.”
