Monday, July 20, 2009

On the Border - Big Bend National Park

Standing on the shore of the Rio Grande it is hard to believe that just feet away is another country. This river, the border between the United States and Mexico has many bends and many faces. In this place it takes on the character of the beautiful Santa Elena Canyon. In the picture, Mexico is the left wall of the canyon. Kim and I spent the morning hiking the canyon in Big Bend National Park. In the July Texas heat, there were moments it would have been nice to be in the shadows of the tall canyon walls on the Mexico side.

3 comments:

Ben Pegram said...

nice...you didn't scale the cliff into Mexico did you?

Laurie Surles said...

Do they have a border patrol going into Mexico too? The photo is marvelous, but I am sure not quite as good as being there:)

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