This is a post of a different nature. The Big Bend region of Texas is usually known for its mild weather, due to its southern latitude and relatively high elevation. We see thunderstorms and the occasional snow, but are usually spared a lot of the more severe variety of weather, such as tornadoes and iceContinue reading “Winter Storm Boreas”
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Wind Rivers and Bridger Wilderness
In our previous post we briefly outlined the 12-day trip in a couple of pix from each day. Here are a few more of our favorite images from this trip. The lower elevation lakes are more heavily vegatated, with grasses and lillies adding a tanic color to the water: The “high meadow” plateau gives stunningContinue reading “Wind Rivers and Bridger Wilderness”
Backpacking the Wind River Mountains of Wyoming
Let’s go backpacking! Each year I and two good friends pick a mountain range and head off for two weeks of adventure above timberline. This year, it was the Wind River Range of Wyoming, just to the southeast of the Tetons and Jackson Hole. We’ve been to these mountains before, and we try to spendContinue reading “Backpacking the Wind River Mountains of Wyoming”
Ghosts of the Past
On a recent visit by friend Jeffrey R, an excellent amateur photographer, we made a swing through Big Bend National Park to document a few of the artifacts of an era of frontier life that is way in the past. Only remnants remain to testify to the harshness of the land and the reality ofContinue reading “Ghosts of the Past”
The Chisos Mountains South Rim Trail
If you are a hiker, a trip up to the South Rim of the Chisos Mountains in Big Bend National Park is a must. This is a great hike any time of the year, but it is one of the few that are comfortable for hikers and backpackers during the summer months, due to theContinue reading “The Chisos Mountains South Rim Trail”
Tarantula Hawk
I knew nothing about the tarantula hawk. I have seen them around the yard for years, and even though they make a fearsome showing with their blue-black body and bright red wings, they never seem aggressive, and we leave each other alone. Until yesterday. I was hiking with my pack along a county trail nearContinue reading “Tarantula Hawk”
Big Bend National Park’s Black Gap Road
It’s April in the Chihuahuan Desert, and that means road trip. Jodie and I hooked up the Palomino Banshee popup camper to the Jeep and headed off into the backroads of Big Bend National Park, down one of our favorite, although less traveled roads, the Black Gap Road. This is the toughest road in theContinue reading “Big Bend National Park’s Black Gap Road”
The Big Bend is in Bloom!
After two years of drought, following severe freezes of 2010, the desert is finally recovering. This week, Jodie and I hopped on the motorcycles and covered 550 miles over two days to capture the Texas Bluebonnet, Prickly Pear, Ocotillo, and myriad of wildflowers reaching peak bloom at the lower elevations near the Rio Grande River.Continue reading “The Big Bend is in Bloom!”
Homeward Bound
After three wonderful days visiting friends in Tampa, FL, we’re back on the road again, this time heading up the Florida coast to the gulf town of Crystal River, Florida, famous for their manatee tours. A manatee (also known as a sea cow), is a gentle mammal found in the warm clear waters along theContinue reading “Homeward Bound”
Key West No Bust
If you are following our journey through the south, specifically Florida and all the way to Key West, you will know that we are picking up this entry on Day 8, with day dawning on Key West, Florida. We are camped at Boyd’s Key West RV Resort, about 5 miles from the heart of downtownContinue reading “Key West No Bust”
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