On our way down we stopped in Alpine, Texas and decided it was the cutest little town ever, and that Tel should go to school at Sul Ross University there.
The entire weekend, I felt like we were at Yellowstone National Park looking at all the wildlife, we seen:
Lots of roadrunners
Lots of deer
Lots of Javeline pigs
Mountain goats
Coyotes
Antelope
Cardinals
The biggest crows I've ever seen
We underestimated how awesome Big Bend would be. It has so much diversity. One side of the park felt like you were in Moab, another side felt like you were in the Mexican desert, some parts felt like you were in the mountains. There was so much geological diversity!
But next time we visit Big Bend we are going to be on a BMW dual-sport! It would have been so cool on a dual sport. There were so many roads that you needed a high clearance vehicle. So obviously the cavalier didn't quite cut it.
It was so fun to be able to camp out in February and to escape Carlsbad for a weekend, plus no cell phone service most of the time. We seen a ton of beautiful country.
Sorry about the order of the pictures below, they are kind of sporadically placed and out of order. AND there's lots of them.
This is at the Hot Springs.
You can't really see very good, but this picture is of a Cardinal.
The second night, Tel heard the coyotes howling all night!
Coyotes + full moon = typical desert scene.
Santa Elena Canyon at Sunset.
Pretty sunset at the Rio Grande Village
McDonald Observatory in Fort Davis, Texas
You can't really see the mountain goats in this picture because they blend in. But this is what this picture is of...
Precious!
It was so quiet and peaceful this evening. We watched a ton of mountain goats climbing the cliffs. It was sweet!
Santa Elena Canyon!
We took the scenic drive back home that ran along the Rio Grand to Presido, Texas.
In an issue of National Geographic, it highlighted this Rattlesnake exhibit, so of course we had to visit it. It was in Fort Davis, Texas!
The creepiest guy in the entire world was running this museum. He was telling us that he has lived in Florida, Lousiana, Arkansas, and all these other places, always running from the law. And this Rattlesnake museum has been his getaway. Then he started telling us about his pet Javeline!
Largest Live Rattlesnake exhibit on Earth! This was the dirtiest place ever!
Here is the guy running the museum's pet Javeline! Sick huh! But it's my favorite picture ever!
This was at the McDonald Observatory. The telescope was HUGE!
Rio Grande again!
Across the Rio Grande was a Mexican Villiage, Boquillas, Mexico.
The Mexican people would canoe across the river and set out goods to sell to the American visitors and then canoe back across the river.
This was walking to the Hot Springs that are part of the Rio Grande, but because Mexico has let the water out early this year, the hot springs were flooded. So you couldn't see them.
Rio Grande
At the end of our hike.
On the "Lost Mine" hike.
Love it. None of our pictures captured how beautiful the park was.
Telford with his morning hot chocolate. He said this was his favorite part of trip, making hot cocoa in the mornings.
Saturday morning before our hike.
We also picked the perfect weekend to visit Big Bend because it was a Full Moon!
This is what they call the "WINDOW".
I have been wanting to see a Javelina pig ever since I moved to NM, but now I have seen more than enough! Those things were everywhere! EWW!
Chisos Mountains
Walah!
This is the view from our campsite the first night. The Chisos Mountains were so pretty!
We stopped at Balmoreah State Park on our way down. We've been wanting to check it out for a while. The 77,053 square ft San Solomon Spring is the focal point of Balmorhea State Park. From 22 to 28 million gallons of water flow through the spring-fed swimming pool each day. And the temperature of the water is warm year around!
We want to come state here over the summer some time.
People also scuba dive here all the time. It is 20' deep and has tons of fish!
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