Along with other specimens of other animals. This is the skull of Blue Whale, the largest baleen whale. |
Underneath my feet are casts of the mammoth bones found and removed from the outside dry river bed. |
Some plains native tribes built these layers grass tepees. |
A mammoth skull and tusks. |
Caverns of Sonora RV Park, Sonora, Texas - 5 November 2018
Besides the deer, they also had a few peacocks roaming around. |
Such great weather for sitting outside with the dogs. Dakota was very excited each time the deer would show up. |
Big Bend RV Resort, Terlingua, Texas - 6 November 2018
Morning in Terlingua. |
Afternoon in Terlingua. |
In the Parks roads end at the Rio Grande, the boundary between the US and Mexico. The Chisos Mountains erupt from the vast desert floor. |
We are heading to the River. Our best choice for today is the Santa Elena Canyon, which is only half a canyon on the US side, on the northern side. Its south canyon wall towers above Mexico. |
Santa Elena Canyon between US on the right and Mexico on the left. The Rio Grande is being fed by the Terlingua Creek on the right. |
The Rio Grande is milky looking water loaded with silt that scours the sides of the canyons and can be heard on the sides of the canoes and kayaks that ply it. |
9 November 2018 Returning to Big Bend, this time to the east side of the park, the mountains in the distance are capped with clouds. |
Bob has a stowaway from the other side. |
Most will think this is a Prickly Pear Cactus but look closely because there are no pricklies. This is called a Blind Prickly Pear. |
There was a short section of path of rough 1-2 inch gravel but this is more to my liking. Soft sand, shady and cool. |
A couple of outcrops into the river but even with that advantage I could not see through the canyon. |
This area of Texas was underwater millions of years ago when a sea bisected the continent. The river eroding the canyon walls plus the shifting and falling stone exposes interesting fossils. |
Still embedded in a fallen rock some of these actually resemble vertebrae. |
Just beyond this protrusion is the end of the pathway. The stone wall face reached the river bank and eliminated any further trail. |
And wading back across the Terlingua Creek. |
No matter how short this tunnel is, there is no getting our house through it. Good thing we didn't want to camp here. Nothing over 20 feet. |
A single lane road barely was wide enough for the truck to pass through without scraping something on the protruding rocks. Glad we don't have a dually. |
One thing we never got to do was stargazing. Even if the skies were clear during the day as the sun started to set behind the mountains the clouds would roll in and block out everything. |
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