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Not a place I’d want to hike if there was the slightest chance of a thunderstorm
Between a rock and a hard place! A couple of times I thought about making my way over there to stand on it. I’m still alive so obviously I didn’t!
The living rock cactus is flat, spineless, & easily overlooked except when adorned by a gorgeous pink bloom. I found these above the Hot Springs
Turk’s Head, a relatively small 8-segmented barrel cactus found throughout much of the Chihuahuan Desert. This one is just over a foot high.
I’ve rafted the canyons of the Rio Grande but I was backpacking when I was struck by the crystal clear reflection of the canyon walls in the river. Note the shadow resembling the state of Texas
Spotted this rock rattler in of all places—the rocks! Of course there’s plenty of rocks in Big Bend. Enough to satisfy the most discriminating rattlesnake. He didn’t look like he wanted to chat so I just snapped a picture & bid him adieu. I’ve come across many snakes in the backcountry. They don’t want to bite you any more than you want to bite them.
The Sierra del Carmen, just across the Rio Grande from Big Bend in Mexico, rise to over 9,000 feet
Guadalupe Mts. NP is in Texas but the only vehicular access is via a lengthy drive into New Mexico & back down. Would you believe I once took a route through Roswell & was abducted by aliens? Didn’t think so 😁
