La Posada Milagro Terlingua

... refreshing, getting the<br>change to empty icy cold water over you hands and re filling buckets<br>with more ice. Just what was called for, before another 2 hour drive<br>on a sweaty bus.<br><br>Once we were all back it was time to go<br>to our camp-site for the night, which had a 'Restaurant and bar' in<br>it. After a couple of stops along the way, we arrived at La Tiva, the<br>camp-site was effectively a car park and looked like something out ...

... doughnuts. The drive was more than worth it. The doughnuts melted in your mouth and had a deliciously rich glaze. We&#8217;ll spare you more taste-bud tantalizing details but if you&#8217;re ever in the Austin area, make sure to stop by. The rest of the weekend was filled with trying to convince Mark to decorate his very bland apartment with items from the SoCo area, watching movies, and eating more Austin ...

It's starting to feel like the west! Mountains, desert, and cacti. After leaving San Antonio, we spent one night at Amistad National Recreation Area (just outside border town, Del Rio). While we were closer to the road than we liked, we got to sleep under the stars (first time without the tent fly), and met a daring young, Czech from British Columbia, Lucas, who was on his way back to Canada after a 5-month car trip through Mexico and Central America. After stocking up on ...

So, as we mentioned in the last entry, Big Bend has been experiencing the worst flooding in memory, with water over 20 feet higher than normal. Of course, with flows like this, we had to get on the water to see it for ourselves. So we signed up for a rafting trip to get an up close experience of the water. Our trip ended up being through Santa Elena canyon, a beautiful section of the river with ...

With the hurricane still ravaging east Texas, we decided to stick to our original plan (in spite of expected bad weather) and head to Big Bend National Park, in the southwestern corner of Texas. This 'original plan' called for a pleasant canoe trip on the Rio Grande, which forms the border between Texas and Mexico. But after some record rainfall, a scheduled water release from a Mexican river to supply water to Texas, and a broken dam somewhere ...

... a very strange man who stands in the river canyon and sings to everyone. Homeland security, in its ongoing infinite wisdom, has seen fit to close this crossing to all activity based on its notion that terrorists or illegals would use the crossing to destroy our nation with a bomb or economically. It is so bad that we would be arrested if we cross over to buy lunch and all souvenirs would be confiscated. All BB needs now is to build a wall to assure our safety ...

... left canyon wall is in Mexico and the right side is in the USA. I assumed it was some tributary. After hiking to the end of the trail I returned to the top of the plateau at the beginning of the trail, rested and had a snack. Being a photographer is tiring. As I'm about to leave an older couple have climbed to the top of the steps. I hear the man speak to his wife in French. So when he says Hi, I say Bonjour. No reaction. His wife says Hi, I say Allô. No ...

... the sunrise. As I was writing this I remembered that the moon was rising low in the sky. I tried getting a few night shots. I have to figure out how to get the shutter to stay open longer than 30 seconds to take pictures of the stars. Then another night I'll head out of town into the deep dark night. Enjoy the pictures. A lot of them are quite similar. I couldn't decide which were the better ones. The Baja 500 X 10&#8315;¹ X 2 or 3 tomorrow.

In the Big Bend National Park. Camping was very cold, but we did get some sleep. Hiked up Emory Peak today. It took a while, and ended up being about 9 miles in total length for the hike, but it was good fun, and rewarding when you saw the views. It was nice to be able to go to the natural ...

... very good time. Our New Year's Eve celebration was limited to ramen noodles for me, instant potatoes for Kelly, a toast with the Shiner Kelly had bought at the trailhead, and a New Year's kiss at 8:00 before we both fell asleep. We hiked out the next morning in the coldest temperatures yet, made a beeline for the restaurant for celebratory cheeseburgers and an ice cream sundae, and then hit the road back to Austin. We drove through Sanderson ...