A few pics from a trip to Big Bend

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More deer at camp. I bet the black bear we saw here a couple hours earlier wished he would have hung around a bit longer.

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I'm thinking this might be around the Lost Mine Trail, but my memory is hazy

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Another shot in Chisos Basin

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On the road to Santa Elena Canyon. Check the ocotillo in the first pic.

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Ran across this old house under the A-cup. It's in surprisingly good condition for having been abandoned 60 years ago.

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Here's a closer shot of it

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Not too shabby inside, still

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The corral in back

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A pic taken along the road to Santa Elena Canyon

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Check out the mule ears...

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A cool formation near Santa Elena Canyon (visible in the background).

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A small canyon on the way to Santa Elena Canyon.

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Santa Elena Canyon

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A pack of about 7 or 8 javelinas crossed the road in front of us, down near the river.

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Santa Elena Canyon

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Another shot of Santa Elena Canyon, with two big ocotillos in the foreground

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Looking at Mexico, from the Rio Grande. The walls are supposed to be about 1500 feet or so.

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Looking towards Santa Elena Canyon from the Rio Grande

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A shot of me as humanly close to Mexico as one can legally get without a passport.

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Giving the thumbs up standing at the entrance to Santa Elena Canyon

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If one wanted to go to Big Bend, but really wasnt into the whole hiking thing. Would there be much to do?

Not that i dont want to hike, but it would be difficult taking a 2 year old and wife hiking. I think it could be a cheaper alternative vacation than heading to Wyoming next year.

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My boy 4down standing on top of a boulder in the canyon

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If one wanted to go to Big Bend, but really wasnt into the whole hiking thing. Would there be much to do?

Not that i dont want to hike, but it would be difficult taking a 2 year old and wife hiking. I think it could be a cheaper alternative vacation than heading to Wyoming next year.

The Santa Elena Canyon hike I'm posting pics from is VERY easy. Like 1 out of 10 difficulty, and only about 1.7 miles round-trip. Driving the park is awesome. There's a great dirt road on the west end if you have a 4WD vehicle, and you see tons of wildlife everywhere. You couldn't get the time out of that you'd probably get in Wyoming (without hiking at least), but of maybe the 10-15 national parks I have been too, Big Bend has by far the most wildlife that I have seen.

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A shot of me walking through the canyon

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A shot of me looking up the canyon walls. My friend Ruben has gotten way ahead of us.