Big Bend NP

This park is on the border between the US and Mexico.  We did not stay in the park but stayed in Lajitas about 25 miles outside the park.  The park is really a 3 in 1 park.  There is beautiful desert landscape, the area along the Rio Grande and the mountain area.  We took one day for each area.  we also took some drives over and thru some less traveled areas.

The desert

A beautiful hike down a wash to the end of the canyon.

Then the Rio Grande.  May not need a wall in this section of the border.  This cliff is several hundred feet high.

A comment about the wall President Trump wants to build; The wall would have to cut thru the entire southern portion of the NP.  This will destroy many habitats, eliminate some migration avenues for wild life and seriously distort the natural beauty of the park.  Also, with the cliff along the Rio and the extremely hostile desert crossing there are no illegal crossing here.  We hope the wall does not happen.  If you disagree, go visit the park.

That is me on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande

The mountain area has a complete change in plants and animals.  Real trees with leaves and actual bark (we had not seem this for awhile.)  We took a hike up to Balance rock.