Best of Big Bend -- Texas -- Pics from 2006, 2007 & 2008



PICTURED BELOWEntrance to Park on Hwy 385 (south from Fort Stockton, TX; then Marathon, TX)


PICTURED BELOWCanoe Trip through Hot Springs Canyon, Rio Grande River, Big Bend National Park


PICTURED BELOWCanoe Trip through Hot Springs Canyon, Rio Grande River, Big Bend National Park


PICTURED BELOW: The Hot Springs & Rio Grande River; Big Bend National Park (Picture taken before I took a long soak in the Hot Springs)


PICTURED BELOW: Me near the mouth of Santa Elena Canyon with the Rio Grande River; Big Bend National Park


PICTURED BELOWMouth of Santa Elena Canyon


PICTURED BELOW: View of the Sierra Del Carmen from Rio Grande Village in Big Bend National Park


PICTURED BELOW: Portion of the Chisos Basin Lodge in the Chisos Basin in Big Bend National Park (complex in the Basin includes the lodge, cabins, a restaurant, small grocery store, ranger station, amphitheater, group campground and individual site campground)


PICTURED BELOW: View out of "The Window" (Carter Peak @ left & Vernon Bailey Peak out of shot to the right); Chisos Mountains; Big Bend National Park


PICTURED BELOW: Looking towards Emory Peak from the Chisos Basin, Chisos Mountains; Big Bend National Park


PICTURED BELOW: Hiking out of the Basin on the "Pinnacles Trail"; Chisos Mountains; Big Bend National Park


PICTURED BELOWCasa Grande Peak; Chisos Mountains; Big Bend National Park


PICTURED BELOW: Trail Junction Sign; Chisos Mountains; Big Bend National Park


PICTURED BELOW: View from portion of Boot Canyon Trail; Chisos Mountains; Big Bend National Park


PICTURED BELOWPortion of Boot Canyon; Chisos Mountains; Big Bend National Park


PICTURED BELOW: "Boot Rock" & Crown Mountain; Chisos Mountains; Big Bend National Park


PICTURED BELOW: Portion of Boot Canyon Trail; Chisos Mountains; Big Bend National Park


PICTURED BELOW: Backcountry Ranger Cabin (left); Hiking in a stand of Arizona Cypress on Boot Canyon Trail; Chisos Mountains; Big Bend National Park


PICTURED BELOW: View from portion of Juniper Canyon Trail; Chisos Mountains; Big Bend National Park


PICTURED BELOW: View from portion of Juniper Canyon Trail; Chisos Mountains; Big Bend National Park


PICTURED BELOW: "Zone" camping near the mouth of Juniper Canyon; Big Bend National Park


PICTURED BELOW: View from Dodson Trail; Sierra Quemada (Chisos Mtn. southern foothills); Big Bend National Park


PICTURED BELOW: View from Dodson Trail (and me); Sierra Quemada (Chisos Mtn. southern foothills); Big Bend National Park


PICTURED BELOW: View from Dodson Trail; Sierra Quemada (Chisos Mtn. southern foothills); Big Bend National Park


PICTURED BELOW: View on the trail to the top of Emory Peak (Crown Mountain in the background); Chisos Mountains; Big Bend National Park


PICTURED BELOW: Me and the view down Blue Creek Canyon; Chisos Mountains; Big Bend National Park


PICTURED BELOW: View off the South Rim of the Chisos Mountains; Big Bend National Park


PICTURED BELOW: Sunset on the South Rim


PICTURED BELOW: Me on the South Rim of the Chisos Mountains; Big Bend National Park


PICTURED BELOW: Stephen (left) and Will (right) on the South Rim of the Chisos Mountains; Big Bend National Park


PICTURED BELOW: View off the South Rim of the Chisos Mountains; Big Bend National Park


PICTURED BELOW: View off the South Rim of the Chisos Mountains; Big Bend National Park


PICTURED BELOW: Me at the South Rim of the Chisos Mountains; Big Bend National Park; on a cold morning