Big Bend
This area is as remote as anywhere in this country and maybe as rough of terrain as it gets. The Big Bend National Park and the Big Bend State Park hold two distinctives. They are the least visited parks in the country and are the biggest parks in the country. We have spent twelve days exploring and did not scratch its rugged surface. Each day we packed our lunch, filled our backpacks with water and power-bars, grabbed the walking sticks and binoculars and left HOW in the ghost town of Terlingua . We ascend from the floor of the Chicuahuan Desert into the Chicsos mountains where at around 2500 feet, cactus and scrub are replaced with oak and pine trees. As we cross the trailhead, BEWARE signs warn of bears and mountain lions and remind us that we are hundreds of miles from hospitals. On other days, we hiked canyons, rode a burro to the Mexican town of Bouquillas, and off-roaded miles of dirt to see sights otherwise hidden by mountains and canyons.
At night the stars seem to drill down through the black and the Milky-Way washes a grey background behind brilliant dots in the infinite meadows of heaven.
Our plan was to stay three or four days but the beauty of the desert and mountains and the charm of the ghost towns captured us for a dozen sun-downs.
Santa Elena Canyon
Becky in Closed Canyon
Hanging Rock Climb
Boquillas, Mexico
Overlooking our camp spot in Davis State Park
