Silver City and Gila national park

Our trip to Siilver city included a visit to the Gila cave dwellings. A special spiritual place that archeologists believe was used for special ceremonies circa 1270. The drive up to the caves was interesting in its own way... very winding, narrow and a few times I felt the need for spiritual intervention. The mountain was 7900 ft. high. up...up...up! down...down..down.

Pinos Altos- Old mining town museum

Saloon and restaurant (circa 1880), live local talent and very good meals- a fun place.

Walk into Cliff dwellings- yes that's snow

Cave dwellings in canyon off the Gila River

Dwellings constructed 1270 A.D.

Majestic!!

Guadalupe state park

Nice buck

Lonely campers

Nice formations

Light at the end of the tunnel

...From Big Bend we went to a smaller state park. At Big Bend we camped in a parking lot with water, power and sewer at Guadalupe Mountain it was similar... the best camp sites are for generators or tenting. The weather was sunny but cold. We turtled it by bringing in the bed slide for warmth. We didn't have cell or internet here. This was our camping out time. Had some mule deer in our back yard and a short hike up the trail saw a nice 4 point buck.

The drive along the highway from Seminole park to El paso is flat, dusty, and very vacant. Miles and miles of highway with a vehicle once every ten - 15 minutes and border inspection stops along the route... the loneliest and less populated area that we have been in since entering the states.

Jack visited the Carlsbad caverns from here.

Carlsbad caverns are huge, different levels and rooms. I took the workout route and rode the elevator down the 750 feet, toured and then 'walked up' the natural entrance trail, it's a bit of a hike!

Big Bend National Park

Big Bend is a huge beautiful desert park. The weather was great while we were here, except or the last day when the wind blew ferociously.

We drove, and then walked to some very neat, natural hot springs and soaked by the River.

Drove up a large mountain and had a geat lunch at the park restaurant. The change in the landscape was dramatic and beautiful

What do singing Mexicans, copper wired beaded ornaments and painted walking sticks have in common? They are all part of visiting the Rio grande river at the Bouqullios canyon. This is one of the places where the border between USA and Mexico is the river.

The canyon is beautiful. The river at this point is more like a large creek. There is a small Mexican village across the river. The Mexicans put out there wares on the path to the canyon, with a small plastic bottle for money if you want to buy anything, and a sign that indicates that the money is for a school. We were told that the people come over in the night to pick up the money. However the day we visited The Mexicans were on the US side of the border and were aggressive with wanting us to buy. We both felt slightly uncomfortable. The border patrol is everywhere down here as the border is easy to cross.

Big Bend is a great place to visit.