2022 Travel Log #9 Big Bend (and Terlingua)
Here are some sights and a few stories from our time in Big Bend National Park on the Texas/Mexico border! Actually...before we get to Big Bend, I forgot we stopped and explored Terlingua--the ghost town. Here is Terlingua: Ruins of the old town. Now, on to Big Bend! This was the first of many wild horses we saw. The first glimpse of the Rio Grande--one side US, the other Mexico! Jackson wanted to fish, so John stayed with him while Johnny and I walked around the area a bit more. In this next picture you can see a small Mexican town, Boquillas. Mexican families often cross the river and bring things they make over the border and set up on trails with jars for honor system payment. Johnny and I walked upon a guided tour, and the lady said the park stopped trying to forbid them from coming over. I have a few pictures of some of the things a little later down. These were some men on the Mexico side. They didn't want this donkey to continue to follow them, so they tied its fron...