 Hey all, what's up? My name is Sonali, welcome back to a new video. We are starting up the vlog in a freaking teepee. Look at this, isn't it crazy? I want to give you guys like a full tour, maybe after we clean it up a bit, just cause everything's everywhere. And we are checking out at 11 a.m., 10 a.m. So our plan is to just like take some stuff to our car. And then I think in like the lobby area, I think they're serving coffee right now. So we're gonna go see because Ryan's like dead and he still has to take a work call. And then we'll come back here. I wanna film some tech talks because the outside area is super cool. And then we are going to officially check out and then head to breakfast and get our day started in Marfa. I guess I didn't even say that. We are in Marfa, Texas and it's both our first times being here. Yesterday we were in Big Bend and Ryan played out one of his bucket list golf courses and we also went to hike the Santa Elena Canyon. So if you guys wanna see that vlog, I will link it down below. But first, coffee. Did a little outfit change and shot some content outside of the TPs. They look so cool. If you guys are interested in seeing the photos you can go on my Instagram. It is so underscoring Arlie without the G and I'm also gonna be posting a lot of like short video content on my tech talk. So go follow me over there too. Ryan's doing some work on the bed. So we're gonna wait for him to get some breakfast, do the little teepee tour. Maybe in the meantime, I'll show you guys the bathroom. So let's head over there. Here's the bath house. They have a sink right here. Some good smelling soap. We got again, a normal toilet. So we appreciate that. Not having to pee in like a little hole. And then on the backside, we actually have some showers. So we showered here last night and they were great. The hot water came fast, so not bad at all. Here's the little slip that you walk in from and then once you walk in, this is the view. Here's the day that in case you have more than two people, here is the actual bed and I think it's heated. I'm pretty sure Ryan told me that he tried it out last night. That's what that little guy is for. And then it comes with the radio. There's a nice leather couch over there to set your stuff down or just to chill out. And then we have these robes that we actually didn't get to put on. But this fire was such a vibe. It is propane and it's really easy to use. So we did not sleep with it on, but we had it going for quite a bit. So here is a full view of the teepee. We're saying bye to the teepee because we only were able to get it for one night. So we're actually switching to a safari tent tonight, which will give you the full tour of that. But it is definitely a little bit less bougie. I don't think it comes with a fire pit in it. But what do we rate this place? Like I think it was really cool. Yeah, we're all pretty good. I was so tired last night. Yeah. I couldn't sleep anywhere, so. Yeah, that's true. Last night, I wish we had the safari tent so that we could really enjoy the teepee tonight, but it just didn't work out that way since yesterday was Thursday, today is Friday. So obviously on the weekends, it's gonna be booked out. But we were able to get it on a Thursday. Like last week, I think I booked it. So definitely recommend this place. It's honestly not that expensive. But a safari tent is definitely cheaper. So if you guys are looking for a more affordable place to stay in Marfa, then definitely check that one out. Got the car all packed. And now we are off to explore Marfa. We got in late last night, so we didn't even see what the city looks like. But first stop is do your thing coffee and we're just gonna get a little breakfast in us, probably some caffeine and then we'll start going. It really took us two minutes to get down this road and pretty much everything I've seen on blogs about Marfa are on the same street, which is kind of nice. I love it here. Like I was just telling Ryan it's like a photoshoot dream just because of all the white walls, all the beautiful green cactuses. I went street, which is kind of like the main road. We just walked through all the cute stores and there's some art galleries as well. So while we're here in Marfa, we decided to stop by the Marfa. Got done seeing the Chinati installation and it was really cool. It actually went a lot further down than we expected, but it was pretty windy out there. Like it hasn't been too windy except for when we were out there and it was like a lot of like dust and I guess sand. So we were just getting really dusty. So we ended up just seeing half of them, but they were really, really cool. It's definitely like minimalism. So not a lot going on, but I personally think it's really cool. But we are both pretty dehydrated and it's getting hot. Like I feel like we went during a really, really good season weekend. It's currently March. What's the date? March, March 4th. And I feel like if we went like a little bit later, it would just been too hot, even in Big Bend. So I personally think we went at a good time, but we were talking to a store owner and he was saying that their peak tourist time is like a couple of weeks after today because of like spring break and everything like that. But I was just like, I feel like it's getting hotter by the day. It's 2pm and we're kind of hungry. So I think we're going to try to get some late lunch around here. Just got done eating at Paraya Bar and we got some margarita pizza and we put some prosciutto on top of it. It was really good, but quite small. I mean, it was a good snack, but I feel like we've probably needed a little bit more food, but that's okay. We'll just get something else later down the road. But Ryan's just running into the gas station really quick to get some Reese's cause he's addicted. But I did want to mention that when I was reading like a lot of blog posts just researching about Marfa and stuff like that, people said that you should come on the weekends because normally on the weekdays, like Monday through Wednesday, I think I read the stores aren't open and a lot of restaurants are not open. So just try to make sure that you plan your trip kind of like closer to the weekend, like Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday kind of thing so that you can make sure to see everything that you want to see. It's currently 2.46 and I think we can check into our safari tent at 3pm. It's still in the same area as El Cosmico. I think I said this previously, but the TV just wasn't available for two nights. So I wanted to like experience that. So I got this cucumber lemonade from that pizza place and it's delicious. I'm like obsessed with lemonade, especially like on a hot day. It's definitely getting hotter. It's 86 degrees out right now. And in the morning, it was pretty cold. It was like 50 or something? It was 79 or something. It's 79, your car's saying 86. Yeah, watch the 79. It still feels pretty hot, but this morning, what was I like? 42. 42? It did feel pretty cold. So just make sure if you come during this time just to bring a good amount of clothes to, you know, sleep in, if it gets cold in the tent, you'll be okay. And then the day you can wear like tank tops, shorts and everything like that. We drove 30 minutes from Marfa to see, this is actually in Marfa, but you didn't know this is a protestor in the middle of nowhere. It's not actually open, but it does have like a display. So we're gonna take a couple photos, got my little outfit changed. Not sure if you can hear me, it's kind of windy out here, but this top is for meshki, shorts are a gold day. And then this gold chain is actually from Amazon. Did another outfit change, gotta get that content. We actually went by a really cute store on the way back from Prada Marfa. And it's called, what's it called, Roba Marfa, I think. And I got a really bougie candle and I'm really excited about it. Cause I feel like I needed a little souvenir. Although I do want to get a T-shirt from El Cosmico because we have been around to like, all of like the main boutiques and stuff. And we haven't really found any like good trucker hats or good T-shirts. So I really think that El Cosmico had like the best variety. So I think we're gonna get like a few T-shirts or hats or whatever. But we stopped by Cactus Slickers. It just looks so cool, like the building itself. I'm gonna head in and check it out. 451, we're gonna go check into the Safari tent. I'll probably check out their merch while we're in there too. What's this like? What are we getting? XO? I don't know. It's what size I wear. Oh, the part I'm spinning on. Big Marfa. Here we go. Here is our home for the night. We got number 12 Safari tent. So we got towels, we got a fan, got some outlets over there, a lamp, I'm pretty sure. Again, this is a heated bed, another blanket. We got this light up here. It's pretty nice. What do you think compared to the teepee? Honestly, a little more practical. It's not, I mean, X is no fire pit, it's still. It's pretty nice still. One of the store owners actually recommended this place and the way he was describing the food here was like really good. He definitely sold me on it, so we'll let you guys know how it is. We just got done with dinner and it was really, really good. One of the dishes had this like miso sweet potato kind of thing. And I'm just like, I need to make that when I get home. Because I literally have miso paste and one sweet potato. You want some of that? Oh, no, I see it. I see it, it's cool. I just, I want to say this is downtown, right? This has to be. Hotel Pasi, Hotel Pasiano is right there. Margaret's was right there, the green sign. And I want to say that's, pexano. Oh wait, yeah. I don't know what, why don't we say that? But then that thing down there is, dang it, I read what it was earlier today. Is it the county, county house? Do you know what it is? Okay, well, I think we're going to try to go to a brewery, Planet Marfa, we're going to check it out. Two bars we did, Planet Marfa, which is more of like a beer garden kind of thing. It was really cool. Ryan found this like TP underground thing. Pretty, I think we were allowed to go in it Oh, I didn't even see that at first, yeah. And then we went to Hotel St. George, we just like got dessert, yeah. I was really hyped that I saw creme brulee on the menu, because we just wanted some sweet, you know? And it tasted like shit, like actually it was really bad. Do you really feel bad? I really feel that it was not good because it was like not custardy, it was like more like eggy and textured. And I was like, not creme brulee, I mean it is, but not good creme brulee. But we had a good night and it's our last day here in Marfa, here in West Texas. We're going to get up early tomorrow and head back on the road back to Austin and pick up Sophie. This trip kind of got me out of my comfort zone because I feel like I'm not really a camping kind of girl. I mean, it's definitely glamping. I told her that the A-frame isn't much different than real camping because we're kind of like without, I guess you have Wi-Fi. Yeah, you have Wi-Fi. You have like a fridge. But you still like here all the outside. Yeah, exactly, yeah. You can bring your own flashlight and hang it in the tent and stuff, like as long as you're near a campground and you've got Wi-Fi, you know, it's the same thing. Just you don't have like, you know, a screen over your head instead of glass. And if you guys didn't already watch our Big Ben vlog, it's already up by the time this vlog goes up. So definitely subscribe for just more Texas content in general. We live in Austin, so it's about time to do weekly vlogs and hopefully a lot of travel content in the summer because we're gonna do some more traveling. So I'm gonna end the vlog here. I will also make a highlight on my Instagram for all the Instagram stories I'm posting. So Gulf will all be over there. And on TikTok, they're both so underscoringarly without the G and I will see y'all in my next video. Bye.