(Pine Springs TX) Next stop was a visit to Guadalupe Mountains National Park, which includes the highest point in Texas. The Visitor Center has a nice display about the area and features of the park. There is another section of the park on the north slope of the mountains. Ten trails of varying difficulty, elevation […]
(Terlingua TX) Not long after leaving Big Bend NP, I arrived at Terlingua; a semi-ghost town in the desert. I heard that it was a quirky kind of place that would be interesting. But, it turned out to not interest me much. Perhaps I was there at the wrong time, or needed to hang around […]
(Panther Junction TX) The next stop on the journey was Big Bend National Park to spend a few days exploring. Larger than the state of Rhode Island, it includes part of the Chihuahuan Desert, the entire Chisos Mountains range, and the Río Grande. Registration at the Persimmon Gap entrance was easy. There were some displays, […]