A silent blur in the sand
A finger of light,
Piercing the clouds
Looking for water
To dip itself in
Deep valleys
High mountains
A bird races to the horizon
Disappearing in the endless cliffs,
Towering the sky
by: Aviv Barilan
Big Bend NP lies in the very south of Texas. It's a beautiful desert and Rio Grande river flows across the southern border of the park which is also the border with Mexico.
We arrived to the campground in the afternoon and took a short trail to see the surroundings. We went to the river and to a viewpoint to watch the sun sets.
There was a big flood in the park in October and a lot of mud was washed into the area. Also the trail itself had been washed away
On the next day we took a walk with ranger Rob to learn about the wildlife habitats in the park. We looked into some footprints in the mud. There were bobcats prints, wild pigs, raccoons and beavers.
and followed them all the way to the creek
A branch chopped away by a beaver
Ranger Rob was fun and crazy and has this strange habit of digging into animal's poop. Here for example he found snake scales, fur and bones in a coyote poop.
Swallow nests in the rocks
Purple cactus
By noon, the kids were ready to get their junior ranger badges in the visitor center
From there we went to the next campground in Chisos Basin. Chisos are mountain range, 2,400m high, in the center of the park. The campground is surrounded by the high mountains making it a very special place to spend the night and wander around.
We saw this buck couple of times in the neighborhood
This morning we drove even further south to see Santa Elena Canyon, where Rio Grande river flows. We heard that there's a beautiful trail that goes into the canyon. When we arrived there we were disappointed to find out the the trail was closed - again due to the famous October flood.
We couldn't accept the bad news and decided to see with our own eyes what's wrong with the trail. Apparently there was only a small part of the trail that was washed away
all the rest was in a very good shape!
We love the desert! The sky is so big and the views are spectacular.
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