Road Trip, not "Off Road" Trip

Well, the off roading didn't go very well. The plan was to take "The Old Maverick Road" to Santa Elena Canyon (10 miles) and then the scenic paved road back (30 miles). A loop, so to speak.
After about 2 miles of relentless washboard we turned around. Even at 5 mph it was unbearable. We wasted about an hour on this error in judgement, and then had to do the 30 mile trip twice.

The canyon is amazing. The Rio Grand runs through it and the canyon walls tower 1500 feet above the river. There is a 1 mile hiking trail that goes into the canyon, which we walked (and climbed). There was no mention that the trail also had several hundred feet of vertical. 

Here is the Santa Elena canyon close up.

And from a few miles away.

Throughout this area you can often see mounds of white material. It looks white clay.

But it's not clay. They are deposits of volcanic ash from millions of years ago.

Lots going on here in the geology department.

In the construction department, we thought we would leave Texas with a little Canadiana. There are no Inukshuks in Texas........ until now. Even if they don't get it, Canadians will. Maybe we'll start something...

We put this little guy together in short order on the side of Route 170. Building materials are not a problem here.

Tomorrow we leave Lajitas. We really love this place and will be back. This will be the furthest (farthest?) west we will go on this trip. So I guess, technically, we are heading home. Hmmmm.

I have one more thing to share with you on the Lajitas area. Terlingua. A resurrected ghost town. We went there today. Eclectic doesn't even begin to describe it.
I will tell you all about it the next time we have WiFi.