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Big Bend National Park, Texas

Big Bend National Park consists of the Rio Grande River, the Chihuahuan desert and the Chisos mountains. There are many good hiking paths in this park with various degrees of difficulty. We did the Grapevine Hills trail to climb up to see the Balanced Rock. We also did the Santa Elena Canyon trail to see where the canyon meets the river. The end of this trail is one of the narrowest places in the seven mile long Santa Elena Canyon. It has a great echo. We hiked a short way on the Lost Mine Trail to see the difference in the environment as the terrain changed from desert to mountain. We also hiked the Burro Mesa Pouroff trail which is trail to a box canyon where you can see a dry waterfall. During heavy periods of rain, this pouroff may become active. Since they have not had rain since July, there was not a drop of water in site at the pouroff. Even the Rio Grande was very low and dry at some places. We would not have been able to walk to the end of the Santa Elean Canyon had the river been high.
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Chisos Basin
Chisos Basin
Chisos Basin
Chisos Basin
Chisos Basin
Chisos Basin
Looks like Easter Island to me
Looks like Easter Island to me
Grapevine Hills Trail
Grapevine Hills Trail
Grapevine Hills Trail
Grapevine Hills Trail
Prickly Pear Cactus
Prickly Pear Cactus
Grapvine Hills Trail
Grapvine Hills Trail
Grapevine Hills Trail
Grapevine Hills Trail
Grapevine Hills Trail
Grapevine Hills Trail
Grapevine Hills Trail
Grapevine Hills Trail
Grapevine Hills Trail
Grapevine Hills Trail
Grapevine Hills Trail
Grapevine Hills Trail
Balanced Rock
Balanced Rock
Balanced Rock
Balanced Rock
View thru Balanced Rock
View thru Balanced Rock
Desert and Mountains
Desert and Mountains
The Carousel Mountain and Blue Creek Ranch
The Carousel Mountain and Blue Creek Ranch
A walk in the desert
A walk in the desert
Burro Mesa Pouroff trail
Burro Mesa Pouroff trail
Burro Mesa Pouroff trail - dry waterfall
Burro Mesa Pouroff trail - dry waterfall
At the bottom of the pouroff - dry waterfall
At the bottom of the pouroff - dry waterfall
Mule Ears Peaks
Mule Ears Peaks
Trail view
Trail view
Dusty Boots
Dusty Boots
unknown bird
unknown bird
Shadows on the mountains
Shadows on the mountains
Trail view
Trail view
The Window in the afternoon
The Window in the afternoon
The Window at Sunset
The Window at Sunset
Elena's Canyon
Elena's Canyon
Terlingua River Elena Canyon
Terlingua River Elena Canyon
Elena's Canyon
Elena's Canyon
Elena's Canyon river floor
Elena's Canyon river floor
Dry as a bone - No rain in 11 months
Dry as a bone - No rain in 11 months
The desert
The desert
Drive through the desert
Drive through the desert
Wind Storm on Grapvine Hill Trail
Wind Storm on Grapvine Hill Trail
Wind Storm Clouds
Wind Storm Clouds
Wind Storm Clouds over the mountain
Wind Storm Clouds over the mountain
White Tuffs
White Tuffs
Tuff Mountain
Tuff Mountain
Cerro Castellan
Cerro Castellan
Cerro Castella and White Tuff beds
Cerro Castella and White Tuff beds
Tuff Canyon
Tuff Canyon
Tuff Canyon
Tuff Canyon
Deer
Deer
Cactus and Pine - Lost Mine Trail
Cactus and Pine - Lost Mine Trail
Prickly Pear Cactus and Bee - Lost Mine Trail
Prickly Pear Cactus and Bee - Lost Mine Trail
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