(10-15-09): Today we drove down to the Big Bend National Park with the Halsteads and Mertz and then drove along the Rio Grande over to Presido, TX, which is a border town and crossing into Mexico. It was a very long day, but sunny and hot and dry! Here are a few pictures of what we saw.
Cactus
More Cactus and Landscape
Prickley Pear Cactus that has Turned Pink
Driving Up the Road to the Lodge
Landscape
Arid Landscape Looking Toward Mexico (High Ridge)
One of the Many Canyons that You Would Not Want to get Caught in if it Rained
Here's the Rio Grande [Ridge on Left is Mexico and on the Right the US; the river runs between them making an 8 mile canyon
Looks Like Wild Maze (Corn) Growing along the Rio Grande
Tepees Set up as Rest Area Along the Rio Grande
Muddy Rio Grande [left Mexico; right TX]
Our UFO turned out to be a Border Patrol Blimp when we zoomed in to see it on the camera!
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