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Big Bend National Park (3)

Coming out of the Baja after some adventures I will tell you soon, here is another update in Big Bend National parc.
 
 
1. Colored sunrise…
 
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The weather is still cloudy, windy and cold. I take this opportunity to introduce you to some of the desert plants…
 
 
2. A faded agave flower stands proudly.
 
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3. A nest in cactus…
 
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4. Almost everything that grows here have thorns..!
 
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5. Grains…
 
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6. Nice tiny stars…
 
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7. silky down…
 
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8. Elegance…
 
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9. A little ray greets me at the entrance of Pine Canyon. At this altitude – over 4000 feets high – the vegetation changes, the freshness of the canyon makes enough moisture for some trees, mostly pines and oaks, to growth.
 
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10. Pine Canyon, back view…
 
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11. A mexican jay, beautiful bird that announces the arrival of bipeds by repeated shouts..!
 
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12. Tree on a cliff…
 
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13. Undergrowth flower.
 
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14. Sunset on Chisos Mountains.
 
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15. What a sky to wish good night to Vivalavida..!
 
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16. Arrival at the Grapewine Hills early morning.
 
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17. Nice pinacles…
 
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18. Balanced Rock…
 
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19. Window on the landscape…
 
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20. A yuca growing on the rocks.
 
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The next update will still be in Big Bend NP, to be followed… 😉

Offroad weekend

Chris asked me if I would participate in a report of a journalist from a Californian offroad magazine about his business. Of course, I accepted because it was a great opportunity to test the capabilities of VivalaVida.

The bad weather has somewhat changed the program. while we were riding on Saturday, a heavy rain made ​​us postpone our departure in the middle of the afternoon (it was still raining a downpour). Once there, the rain stopped around 18:30 with a beautiful rainbow, giving way to a cool but dry evening. Perfect for Spare Ribs with mustard and sugar cane around the campfire with some buddies! 😉

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Ben’s barbecue trailer

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Camping

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Shoes drying,,,

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Great ambiance till late in the night…

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Next morinig, the sun was back for a gorgeous day, perfect for the photo shooting of three vehicles:

V4, Chris’s showroom vehicule with impressive rock crawling capabilities

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“Ambulance, an 4×4 converted ambulance transformed as a camper, weighting 13’000 pounds. She unfortunately breaked a Wheel shaft..

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And VivaLaVida… 😉

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Group shot with avec V5 (next to VivaLaVida), a brand new converted Customer van and Jake’s RV…

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Thanks to Chris leting me participate to this great weekend! 😉