On my way to Big Bend, I stopped in El Paso, Texas, the Lone Star State. The strangest part of the whole visit was driving along the street and looking through the border fence into the crumbling, dirty city of Juarez, Mexico, separated only by the Rio Grande River and the tall, imposing fence.
The world famous Rosa's Cantina, forever immortalized by Marty Robbins in his dreadfully sad cowboy song. Great food, good atmosphere, fun, fun, fun......
Funky old El Paso, sort of like stepping into the Twilight Zone....
I actually took this picture when I was in El Paso in 2005, but it looked so pretty I wanted to include it here. David and Lindsay's house backed up to this incredible view. Totally amazing.
The Hilary Cafe in the old semi-ghost town of Valentine on the road to Big Bend. You won't be served any 7-up at this cafe, or not much of anything else either.
I camped in the Chisos Mountain District, and had the most incredible view of the Chisos Mountains. While I was there three javelinas walked right through my site, just liked they owned the place. I kept saying, "O my gosh," and hitting my chest. It was definitely a moment. This is the view from my campsite....pretty nice, don't you think? Make you want to go there? Just a little?
The trail down to the Window was located in the campground, so one morning I packed my backpack and took off. A beautiful hike through mountains, desert, forest, a small creek, pools of water and the end result, The Window. Very, very nice.
Water originating from a spring above, flowing through the canyon; shallow, cold, clear and beautiful.
That would be me, sitting in front of the Window. It is a long drop off if you get closer to the edge. Something I don't tend to do....
Beautiful Cactus Rose......
The Window, as seen from the Big Bend Lodge.Below, the mighty Rio Grande River, the fifth longest river in North America.
