Ride up the Christmas Mountains

It's been awhile....

It will soon be time to head southwest. I haven't been to Big Bend in almost a year. We got in a few other destinations....Yellowstone, WY and Sanibel Island, FL were the "big" trips for the year. Those places were pretty good places to be in their own way, and I wouldn't want to pass through this world without seeing either of them, but when all is said and done, I miss the old stompin' grounds of the Big Bend. It's just funny how a place like the Big Bend country can just keep pulling a person back. Either that or it puts them off so bad that they only go once and can't wait to leave the place. Takes all kinds....

Paisano Pete - Ft Stockton

Fort Davis fire....:(

It gets windy out there sometimes....

This was between Alpine and Marathon

I didn't take many photos this trip. We hiked to Maple Canyon, walked into Santa Elena, went over to Boquillas Canyon and the Hot Springs, and never went any further west on 170 than Long Draw Pizza.

Marty did a bit more hiking then we did, but then Marty is a real cross country hiker type. We stayed near civilization so we could call out search and rescue if Marty didn't turn up when he was supposed to, but turn up he did, so we didn't have to declare an emergency or anything.

It was a short trip and instead of seeing the wildflowers that I always hear people talking about but have never managed to see, we just saw a very brown and dry looking desert. With no rain in months I guess that's to be expected. Didn't see much in the way of wildlife either. Well, there was some wildlife sighted on the porch in the Ghosttown but that's different.
Maybe next time.