First time to Big Bend National Park … and crossing the Rio Grande in a Row boat.
For over 10 years four friends have been taking a hiking trip to one of the National Parks… this year to Big Bend. Oh my gosh, this is a unique and special place. Not only is it huge … more than ten times the land area of my home town, Little Rock … it snakes for more than 1000 miles along the Rio Grande which serves as an international border between Mexico and the United States. Following one of our early morning hikes, with passports in hand we headed for the Boquillas Crossing Port of Entry and then our treat of the trip … a rowboat shuttle to Mexico.
Other than the memorable boat ride, we enjoyed lunch and strolled so I could capture some colorful pictures in this very simple Mexican Village.
Back on the United States Side of the Rio Grande …
For the next three days we experienced some of the most diverse and beautiful landscape as we hiked canyons, river trails, rugged dry desert vistas, historic hot springs and moonlike geologic terrain.
The is also plenty of history … cotton farming and mercury mining
Plus Restaurants and nightlife in Terlingua …
And lest I forget, the Minimalist Art Capital of Texas, Marfa …
I had to use my most persuasive negotiating skills to persuade my buddies to go a bit out of the way to the city of alien lights … maybe to some … alien art. Look up Marfa sometime and discover a fascinating place to visit. With the support of the Chianti Foundation and the art of Donald Judd, Marfa has become a rather unusual example of “Build it and they will come” tourist destination.
Final note …
Check out Far Flung Outfitters for the cabins, river trips, jeep trips … you will love it.
Good shots as usual………………Don
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Amazing! I love the photos!! Looks like y’all had a blast. — Lizzie
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