BIG Sky

I can't believe we are well into week 11 already, about half way through the trip.

We are getting deep into west Texas now. Big sky country.
Flat and dry. Everything here either bites, stings or scratches.

This was our campsite in Seminole Canyon State Park. 
I had asked for something with a view.

And this was the view at sunset. If you look closely you can see some mountains on the horizon.

Zoomed in a bit they looked like this.

These are the Chisos Mountains in Big Bend National Park. They are just over 100 miles away and 90 miles of that is looking across Mexico.

Seminole Canyon was an interesting stop. It is best known for the pictographs drawn on the cave walls. Not really caves, more like huge overhangs in the canyon walls where the native inhabitants took shelter, about 4000 years ago. Oddly, the pictographs don't really resemble people. These were done around the same time the Pyramids were built in Egypt. 

We did a lot of hiking. The first day, around the canyon's rim and the next day, into the canyon to see the ancient art. 

The trail around the rim is rugged.

And not without things to watch out for. We didn't see any creatures.

At this section of the trail I had to leave the bike and walk.

It's a good thing I remembered to wear my Hi-Tech hiking flip flops.

This is one of the pictograph sites as seen from the canyon floor.

And the other way around.

We are now in Alpine, in the Texas high country, elevation 4500 ft. There were only a few small towns along the 170 mile drive between Seminole Canyon and Alpine. Most of them were all but deserted. Alpine however is a thriving little community with lots going on. We are here for a week before we head to Lajitas, 100 miles south, for 2 weeks. Three weeks and only 100 miles to drive. RVing at it's best. 

We'll get into Alpine in the next post.