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| Big Bend entrance |
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| Casa Grande from our Chisos Basin campsite |
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| Window from our campground campsite |
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| Jeff (in the middle of the pic) on Oak Springs trail |
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| The Window view |
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| Starting the backcountry hike, Laguna Meadows trail. We estimate Jeff's pack weighed about 50 lbs and mine about 35 lbs, both 10 lbs more than we should ideally carry, mostly due to 3 days worth of water. |
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| Mexican jays were everywhere, this one begged for our snacks |
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| Jeff relaxing after the long uphill hike with heavy packs |
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| Deer at our Colima backcountry campsite |
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| Juniper Canyon trailhead sign |
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| Southwest rim we watched for peregrine falcons, may have seen a couple |
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| Emory Peak from the Boot Canyon trail |
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| Emory Peak, closer to the top |
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| Chilling after hiking up to Emory Peak |
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| Sunset at our Toll Mt backcountry campsite |
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| didn't see any live mountain lions, but we did hear a couple at Toll Mountain |
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| Clouds rolling into the Chisos Basin |
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| Ready to hike down the mountain on the Pinnacles trail |
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| the packs are MUCH lighter now! |
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| The only showers in all of Big Bend are at Rio Grande Village, so we drove 30 miles each way to shower, totally worth it! Had to get a pick of the Rio Grande while there, that's Mexico behind us. |
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| Santa Elena Canyon, the other side of the park from Rio Grande Village, again, totally worth the drive! |
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| Cattail Falls trailhead |
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| Cattail Falls |
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| Longspur columbine and maidenhair ferns in the background, didn't expect to see those at Big Bend! |
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| Guadalupe Mountains entrance |
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| view from campsite |
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| sun rising over the Apache plumes |
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| Devi's Hall trail |
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| Devil's Hall |
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| Guadalupe Peak trailhead |
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| rocky trail |
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| we counted 41 switchbacks to the top |
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| cool wooden bridge |
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| just past the bridge |
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| El Capitan behind us |
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| made it to the top! |
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| Highest point in Texas 8751 feet |
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| Smith Spring |
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| I had to taste the water at Smith Spring |
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| Carlsbad Cavern entrance |
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| Rainbow near Van Horn |
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| Veranda Inn Ft. Davis |
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| Veranda back yard |
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| Veranda dining room |
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| Tipster the pet pig at the Veranda |
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| McDonald Obseratory |
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| Harlan J. Smith 107 inch telescope, I even got to make it move! |
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