I just have one hour before to meet Andrew to go boondocking in the Anza Borrego Desert tonight and crossing the Mexican border tomorrow.
 
This update is entirely devoted to Big Bend National Park which borders with Mexico 137 miles along the Rio Grande.
 
 
1. Arrival at Study Bute…
 

 
 
2. Vivalavida through fields of wild yucca…
 

 
 
3. … which sometimes reach impressive heights!
 

 
 
4. Near the wonderful Santa Elena Canyon, this solitary caught my eye…
 

 
 
5. The Rio Grande River out of the canyon.
 

 
 
6. Mexican side: the cliffs are 1500 feet high!
 

 
 
7. End of the trail that goes upstream for about one mile. Even though it was tempting, I haven’t tested my kayak here because navigate the Rio Grande requires a special permission sice it forms the border…
 

 
 
8. Reflection on the Mexican side…
 

 
 
9. Sweetness of a micro beach…
 

 
 
10. Returning to my feet with the Chisos Mountains in the distance…
 

 
 
11. Erosion near the Harmonia…
 

 
 
12. Mushroom… 😉
 

 
 
13. Vivalavida then followed the river on the border following an uncrowded dirt road.
 

 
 
14. Sunset on the Chisos Mountains…
 

 
 
15. The nights here are deemed darkest of the U.S, no light pollution around to alter the purity of the atmosphere. Here northward…
 

 
 
16. … then south, with Orion and Jupiter high in the sky.
 

 
 
17. Early morning at my boondocking site.
 

 
 
18. Fantastic sunrise! (panoramic of 5 vertical images)
 

 
 
19. Mexican mountains so close…
 

 
 
20. Rio Grande arm.
 

 
 
21. Flowering…
 

 
 
22. Another color touch…
 

 
 
23. Chisos Mountains foothills.
 

 
 
To be continued in a few weeks or sooner if I fin some network to post…
 
Thank you for your loyalty at all, it’s really nice! 😀