big bend national park
one of the least visited national parks since its in the middle of nowhere
its 70 miles from any real town. the park has an elevation distance of 5500+ feet from the rio grande to the top of emory peak. I stayed in chisos basin which is about 5500 feet above sea level. the temps there were high 80's daytime/mid 60's at night. down on teh rio grande the temps were 110 daytime and 80 at night.
casa grande peak. the lodge i stayed in was at the base of casa grande in chisos basin
the mule ears, an aptly named mountain
the window,a valley below chisos basin
santa elena canyon at sunrise. a canyon cut by the rio grande. the walls are 1500 feat high. the right side is the us the left is mexico
the Chihuahua desert looking toward the chisos mountains
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one of the native birds hanging out in a tree. i didnt see wily coyote around though 
not far from big is the terlingua ghost town with its cemetery. theres a few people that live around there full time in a very harsh ecosystem. it used to be a major mercury mining area but the mines closed a long time ago
another view of the window
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Yes, I knew it was far, but didn't realize it was 8 hours away from there. Still worth the trip, I reckon.
its a straight shot down i-10 to ft stockton then a left on 385
the speed limit on i-10 is 80 but its a vast wasteland
its really unbelievable how empty west texas is
brewster county where big bend is located is larger than Connecticut but has less than 10k people in it
