Big Bend National Park , 2006

Big Bend is the largest and least visited of all the National Parks, a vast area of southwest desert and mountains cupped in the U-turn of the disappearing Rio Grande, the border between Texas and Mexico. These are some of the photographs we took when we visited Big Bend for two weeks in February and March of 2006. You can enjoy these best by watching them as a slide show.

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Canyon towhee	Bill at bottom of Burro Mesa Pouroff	Inside Fern Canyon	Pyrrhuloxia	Rio Grande Village campsite	Cactus wren
Sunrise over Sierra del Carmen	Nest on cholla cactus	Hikers in front of beautiful conglomerate rocks	Entrance to Boquillas canyon	River guide Taz fixing food	River campsite in Santa Elena canyon
Pink prickly pear	Lechuguilla, marker plant for Chihuahan desert	Roadside exhibit, Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive	Vista from Sotol Overlook (and sotol plant)	Santa Elena canyon from Sotoal Overlook (12 miles away)	Typical roadside view
Hiker by the Rio Grande inside Santa Elena canyon	Tuff canyon	Rio Grande Village pond at sunrise	Casa Grande through the Window	Red Chilli restaurant in Study Butte/Terlinqua	the Mule Ears
The Window from Chisos Basin	Village of Boquillas and Sierra del Carmen, Mexico	Casa Grande from Lost Mine trail	Windmill from abandoned ranch still draws water for birds	Rio Grande Village campground	Sunset at Rio Grande Village pond
Approaching the Chisos Mountains	Hot Springs at edge of the Rio Grande	Rio Grande through Hot Springs canyon	La Casa Grande from the Basin	Juniper Canyon from Lost Mine Trail	Lost Mine peak from the trail