Big Bend Sierra Quemada – Day 3 – After a fitful nights sleep we awoke to a glorious morning. Cool but not cold with the sun breaking over the Quemadas to the SE. Because we knew that to stick to our plan, and try to make up some lost mileage, we only briefly climbed the […]
Big Bend Sierra Quemada – Day 2 began after a pleasant night’s sleep and counting satellites and shooting stars in a cloudless sky. We knew that today would be a tough hike…. mostly off trail in the wash above Smoky Spring and then off trail up over Jack’s Pass and down again to Dominguez Spring.The
Sierra Quemada Backpack Big Bend Fall 2008 – Day 1 The plan for this trip was a Sierra Quemada Backpack. An early breakfast and a pleasant drive from the Basin to Mule Ears Overlook, we loaded up some final items in our packs and proceeded down the trail. It was a cool, but not cold morning
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Hurricane Ike Makes Landfall on the Texas coast. We experienced STRONG winds for about 12 hrs. We were very lucky and sustained only minor damage and no flooding. It will always be a night to remember. This photo was taken from the TV radar image as the eye passed over our neighborhood. Surprisingly we had
Wild Orchids in Texas Dichromanthus cinnabarinus in the United States are a very uncommon sight. While on a trip to Big Bend National Park in the Summer of 2007, I came across a splendid specimen of one of the native Wild Orchids in Texas. It is commonly called Scarlet ladies tresses. Specifically it is a rare
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