ON OUR WAY TO BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK

This was our first night on the road after leaving McAllen Texas. We are in Del Rio TX.  across the highway from Amistad Reservoir . This was an OK , RV park, good for an overnight stay. We used our Passport America membership card and got  a very good price of $19.00 The electricity to run the air conditioners was appreciated.

A little part of the Amistad reservoir, you can see the water is way down.

Along the highway driving into Big Bend. Lots and lots of nothing.

Cactus outside of the visitor center at Big Bend.

We had  to pass through this tunnel to get to our RV spot in Big Bend NP.

The view from in front of our RV parked at Big Bend. When Belinda was doing the check in the attendant told her that the temperature in the shade was 112 degrees. I think he was correct. We are not sure that we have ever felt anything quite so hot.

These Buzzards were on one of the hookup posts a few spots from ours. Wonder if they knew something we didn't.

There were a lot of cactus in bloom, and others that were very colorful.

We went on a short hike to an overlook of the Rio Grande river. It was morning and tolerable temperature.

Roadrunners everywhere. BEEP BEEP

The Big Bend NP has a fire department, they were practicing.

Lots of different rock formations.

This one is called Mule Ears.

We don't think pictures do justice to the beauty of the mountains in the park.

A cut in the mountain that the Rio Grande flows through.

Another road thru the park where there was actually some green vegetation.

We found an oasis in this desert National Park. This was at the Big Bend Lodge. They had three different beers on tap from the Big Bend Brewing Co. in Alpine TX.

We drove out of the park on the West side and then drove back into the park. We were glad the AC was working good int the car. Another HOT day.

Our RV park was near the Rio Grande, on our last evening these wild pigs,  came walking out of the woods and across the parking lot.

I think they are called Javolina.

Lots of  Jackrabbits. 

I hiked so much that I had a blowout in my 2 year old Teva's