Another Day in Big Bend

Purple Prickly Pear Cactus (Opuntia violaceae)

A Buck and Doe at the Visitor's Center

Bumpety, bump, bump!! That's what we experienced for two hours yesterday as we went down "Old Maverick Road". The map said unpaved, but didn't say it was a washboard! It was only 14 miles, but wow. The rest of the drives were beautiful as we wound around the canyons and saw the mountains. There were so many different colors and shapes. Tom kept taking pictures because he just wanted to remember them all. We were a little disappointed as we didn't see any animals except two deer at the lodge by the "window". We especially watched for javelinas as everyone said they are so plentiful. We'll keep a lookout! We're off on another adventure this morning.