We're Expanding!
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We’re expanding! Beginning April 1, 2022 we will be operating the Outback Oasis Motel right next to the Desert Air Motel. Big changes coming as we bring these two properties together.
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Hidden Daggers Adventures - Dead Horse Mountain Ranch
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We had a little adventure on a private ranch new Big Bend National Park.
Read MoreLa Cocina (The Kitchen)
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We transformed our old storage shed into a beautiful area for guests to reserve and have a private kitchen and dining area.
Read MoreThe Ocotillo Suite
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Room 117 is now our Ocotillo Suite. With upgrades to the room, a large private patio, and an outdoor Cowboy Tub.
Read MoreReturn to Sanderson! Its been too long...
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After keeping to ourselves for the last two and a half months like the rest of the country, we finally ventured back to our beloved Motel!
Read MoreDesert Air Motel - Guest Book - 2020 Edition
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We just finished the printing of the new guest books for the rooms. It covers basically everything on the website for our guests to read…
Read MoreOur New Sign!
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Our New Sign
Its official! The sign is now painted and back to the style and colors from the 1960’s. We’ve been anxiously waiting to tackle this project since we aquired the motel in July of last year. It looks beautiful. Now the only thing left to do is outfit it with the LED Neon lights…
Read MoreGrand Re-Opening Party - June 15th
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Grand Re-Opening Party
To celebrate the 1 year mark, we are having a Grand Re-Opening Party on June 15th (4-9pm). We welcome everyone to come and see the motel and tour our renovated rooms…
Read MoreThe Benches
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The Benches
Someone close to me said we are going a little overboard with the Desert Air sign logo. I just stared back confused, that’s just ludicrous! Ok, so we might be getting a little carried away with Joe’s CNC metal cutting tool, but what the heck, its fun and the results are awesome…
Read MoreOcotillo (Fouquieria splendens)
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Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens)
Spring is here! That means we get to experience the beautiful colors of the desert scenery. We are excited to be heading back to Sanderson in a couple of weeks and look forward to the blooming vegetation. We’ve been wanting to post some blogs about the plants we love in the area - this is the first one…
Read MoreThe Desert Air Guest Books
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The Desert Air Motel Guest Book
A lot of folks that stay at the motel ask us what is there to do in Sanderson. When we tell them the brief history of the town, things to do, and some of the sites to see, it helps our guest gain an appreciation of the area…
Read MoreThis Old Art...
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This Old Art…
When we took over ownership of the motel last year, I remember our first impression of the rooms was that they were cute, but needed to be updated. The decorations in the room were relatively sparse, the primary art work were all these unique wood wall pieces. We thought they were nice, but didn’t fully appreciate them for what they were…
Read MoreRoom Renovations Continue - Part 4
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The Room Renovations Continue - Part 4
We officially tiled the last room last week. No more carpet! This is a pic of the last room before the carpet was pulled out…
Read MoreCheck out these Brackets!
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Check out these Brackets!
As part of the Double Rooms renovations we are installing countertops in these rooms. One of the intended results being to open up the area as you walk into these rooms and make them more spacious…
Read MoreRoom Renovations Continue - Part 3
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The Room Renovations Continue - Part 3
We are making great headway on the renovations. Thanks to the help of Curtis and his daughter Kelly (two locals with a talent for construction), we are down to only 3 rooms left to tile. Towards the end of the month all the rooms will have tile, and of the 16 rooms, 8 of them will be freshly painted, have new base boards, and new drapes. We’ll tackle the painting of the other rooms in the following weeks. …
Read MoreRoom Renovations Continue - Part 2
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The Room Renovations Continue
This week we gave Room 117 a facelift! This is the first guest room to get the living area completely redone. We wanted to make sure we were happy with our selections before ordering in bulk the materials for the other 15 rooms (headboard, baseboard, paint color, curtains, etc)…
Read MoreFirst Solar Powered Motel in Terrell County!
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First Solar Powered Motel in Terrell County!
We are happy to officially announce that we got the ole Desert Air Motel operating on Solar Power. We are confident in our claim that this is the first motel in Terrell County to be solar powered…
Read MoreSanderson’s Newest Additions
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Sanderson’s Newest Additions
Although its been fun and interesting leapfrogging each other trying to manage the motel in the first few months, finding a full-time manager has been a priority. As it turns out, finding someone excited to move out to West TX is not too hard, but finding the ideal folks to have run our motel is a taller order…
Read MoreThe Room Renovations Begin!
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The Room Renovations Begin!
We’ve got big plans with the room renovations, but as with everything we have to bite it off is pieces we can manage. The first step is to get the carpet out of the rooms and replace it with wood plank tile. We’ve completed 3 rooms, only 13 more to go!
Read MoreCome, Sit, Stay Awhile
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Come, Sit, Stay Awhile
Friends, our courtyard is looking so inviting! When we came up to Sanderson to visit the motel back in May, we all saw the potential of the courtyard area in the middle of the parking lot. All rooms face the area and it seemed the perfect template for creating a community space for guests to relax…
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