We went to Big Bend National Park for our honeymoon, and on our way home we drove along a river road, stopped at an old fort/mission, drove into Mexico, and then up into the Davis Mountains before returning home.
a rattlesnake!
In the the restaurant in the Basin, where we stayed.
In Pine Canyon, with the Jeep we rented.
In the desert near the Rio Grande, on the south east side of the park
Loose horses in Boquillas Canyon, which according to park rangers, probably crossed the river from the Mexico border while it was low. The river was very high when we were there, so the horses were trapped on the US side.
A little Mexican hut on the Mexico side
Boquillas Canyon... the object in the water on the right was a dead horse...!
Near Boquillas Canyon. There was a sign on the parking lot that said "Thefts occur here frequently." When we came back to the car, we suspected the car had been broken into. When Mark opened his door, a bobby pin fell out on the ground and the rubber strip over the window looked like it had been tampered with!
A sunset in the desert on the south-east side of the park.
The view outside our balcony at our room at the Lodge... and a little visitor on our first morning there!
The Chisos Mountains
A tunnel under a ridge with the Sierra del Carmen mountains in the background.
One of the little things set up in Boquillas canyon... there were also little trinkets with crude signs nearby that asked for donations for poor schoolchildren in Mexico.
