Big Bend National Park is on the Rio Grande where it makes a big bend in western Texas. The Chisos mountains in the center are a volcanic caldera with rises up to 5,000 feet above the surrounding area. The park is in the Chihuahuan desert and has both desert and mountain climates.
Big Bend. Our campsite at the Rio Grande village campground is flooded. The water by the irrigation method, meaning they flood parts of the area everyday. It was like being on a lake.
The high was actually 94 on the day we arrived, with high winds and blowing sand. No humidity, it sucked all the moisture from our bodies. What do you do on a hot day in the desert? You sit in your lawn chair in the water in the shade. John is a happy boy.
This warning sign for javelinas is on the picnic tables. Near dusk we decided to go into the Boquillas Canyon-there at the end of the red road is a trail 0.7 miles into the canyon. You can take a 2-3 day river trip through the canyon, but that is it, it is too narrow and deep.
Cactus , blooming yucca and the moon. The dust blowing made interesting light.
right across the river is the town of Boquillas in Mexico. There were lots of hand made trinkets on the rocks with a hand made sign saying a donation amount for the schools in Boquillas and a donation jar. Very intricate wire wrapping and beads.
Also this donation jar for the singing Mexican Victor. Apparently during the day Victor sings from the Mexican side of the river. These holes are where the Indians who lived in the area long ago ground their food.
Boquillas Canyon, very narrow and very deep. Really beautiful.
Boquillas canyon
The Rio Grande before the canyon. Mexico is on the other side. The water is very shallow, you can walk across. The canyon at sunset.
The blowing dust and John in front of the sunset and river.
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