Category: 2024 Snowbird Trip
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Boquillas Canyon
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After coming back into the US, we decided to go hike the Boquillas Canyon Trail that our guide had pointed out from the village. He gave us a little history of the towers to transport ore buckets in the area back when Boquillas, the village was a mining town in the 1960s. We saw several…
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Eating Mexican Food in Mexico
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Boquillas Crossing is the only legal entry point into Mexico within Big Bend State Park, and it is very close to the Rio Grande Village campsite. There is a small immigration building that had one Park Ranger to greet us shortly after 9:00 which is when they open (Wed-Sunday, 9-4). He looked at our passports…
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Big Bend National Park
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Big Bend National Park will be our stomping ground for the next week. This park is really big and really remote. We have no cell service, and have to rely on Dishy, which we will set up intermittently for Tony to work for his part-time job with Principal. Dishy requires power, which we have to…
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Long Hike at Seminole Canyon
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We hiked the Rio Grande Trail which started near our campsite, then continued onto the Canyon Rim Trail to make a loop back, for a total of over eight miles. We saw vistas over the Rio Grande, black-tailed jackrabbits and some roadrunners. The largest part of Seminole Canyon is full of water and a boat…
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3200-year-old Pictographs at Seminole Canyon
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We spent last night at Brush Country RV Park in Carrizo Springs. It was a perfect little RV park for an overnight stop with their single bathroom in the office (closed from 9pm to 7am). The couple running the place were very nice and considerate. Today we traveled into the semi-arid part of Texas. Seminole…
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On the Border at Falcon State Park
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As we traveled west along the Texas border, our phones must have been pinging cell towers in Mexico as we got notices from Verizon and from TMobile to welcome us to Mexico. We noticed more blimps like the one on South Padre Island, spies in the sky. The cemeteries all had bows or plastic flowers…
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Final SPI Notes
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Tony finally got his seafood buffet feast at Louie’s Backyard. We ate dockside and had a couple of evening cruises go by. Our waiter checked on who was driving after Tony ordered a big drink with six different liquors in it—we walked, we’re prepared. I promised to take care of him. We walked the beach…
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Helicopter Tour of SPI
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Tony’s first helicopter ride (and not to the hospital)! It was fantastic and put a big smile on his face. We spent Christmas money from Dad for this fun trip. We were given some safety instructions upon arrival in their office and waiting room. Basically we were not to touch the doors of the helicopter,…
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Texas Lighthouse
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The only Texas lighthouse open to the public is at the tip of Port Isabel. We stopped for a visit after the laundry was done. Relax and Just Wash is the best laundromat in the area, much cleaner and cheaper than the one on SPI, so we cross the bridge once-a-week for that business. The…
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Rescued Alligators in the Mangroves
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After a cold weekend, we had nice weather and took the bus back to the SPI Birding, Nature Center & Alligator Sanctuary that we visited last year. They have lots of boardwalks and critter-viewing areas built out over the mangrove mudflats. We also took pictures from the five-story tall observation tower that gives pretty views…