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
Park visitors can explore excellent surviving traces of the old Butterfield road that wrap around the base of El Capitan, out into the Salt Flats and up to the New Mexico state line
Big Bend Ranch SP is larger than all other Texas’ state parks combined
Guadalupe Mts. NP is in Texas but the only vehicular access is via a lengthy drive into New Mexico & back down. Would you believe I once took a route through Roswell & was abducted by aliens? Didn’t think so 😁
Led more than 70 week-long Sierra Club service projects & b’packing trips in Texas Trans-Pecos. Wilderness 1st responder. Degrees in English & History from UT-Arlington. Retired journalist. Avid environmentalist & feminist. Very progressive. Love Classical guitar, rockabilly, classical, & country music. Photos mostly by me
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