Chihuahuan Desert - Blog Posts
The small house we hung out in & performed beautiful music in (how could we not with such an outstanding lead guitarist?) 🎸😂 We camped about a 1/4 mile away on the Big Bend service projects I led.
I got carried away taking photos of Mule Ears on a b’packing trip
This is coming back into Texas from New Mexico thru the Dog Canyon entrance
Desert flowers bloom quickly after a rain shower due to rapid evaporation
Many people mistake El Capitan for Guadalupe Peak, but it’s distance perspective viewed from the highway. There are no roads in the park. I’ve climbed Guadalupe Peak 5 times
Don’t blame me! I took the photo; but I didn’t name it Nipple Hill! Kind of appropriate name though. 😁
A couple of dikes on the near ridge line (the reddish rock exposed by erosion of the softer sedimentary layer)
Me in orange shirt leading a Sierra Club backpacking trip
One reason cross country backpacking can be a pain. There’s a lot of obstacles to face in addition to rough terrain. But I love it🧡
I camped for the night near here on the Texas side of the river
Near the Rio Grande well below the Marufo Vega Trail near where I camped on a solo b’backing trip
Another solo backpacking trip. Good thing I didn’t count on finding water here
Not to be confused with the Dog Canyon in Guadalupe Mts. NP, also in Texas
Opening up newly acquired park land for non-jumpers. We left some fence posts to give birds of prey a perch to scout for meals
At 1,310 feet long and almost 300 feet above the water, the Pecos River bridge is the highest highway bridge in the state
