Photo #1

Let me start be saying that my goal is to post a photograph (or more) a day for the next 2 weeks...hence the title of the blog. Now that I said it, I must commit to it.

Eric and I spent 3 days hiking in Big Bend. Each day we hiked a different trail and tried to see as much as we could of this amazingly diverse ecosystem. The first and last day were spent in the mountains and the 2nd day we hiked in the desert to the Rio Grande and more excitingly, the hot springs.

This shot is in the desert, on the way back from the springs. To the left of Rio Grande is Texas and to the right of the river is Mexico. The temperature was probably in the mid 80's so the hot springs wasn't as inviting as we had thought it would be (105 degrees) and once we got there I had to convince my germaphobic husband to shed his hiking pants and join me in his skivvies. Luckily, they weren't white or the Mexican's with binoculars on the other side of the river would have seen more than they bargained for. I have a pic of him in the hot springs but I better get his permission first before I post it.


Since the weather was so mild and the springs were so intense, we intermixed our soak in the springs with a few dips in the Rio Grande. In case you're wondering, it was freezing. I'm talking numbingly cold. It definitely reinforced that my nervous system was at it's peak performance.

Well I bet get going for now.

Til tomorrow.