Big Bend National Park

What a remote area this is. There were very few towns on the way here. We are in Terlingua which has a slightly larger population at 110! The town is surrounded in buttes (an isolated hill with steep sides and a flat top) . Big Bend is dry and brown but slightly more interesting then the surrounding area with its tall buttes and river beds - mostly now dry. I bet it is nice in the spring when the wild cactus flowers bloom. I was excited to see the beautiful red on some of the prickly pear cactus - until I learned it meant they are stressed and dying. Texas, too, is in a bad drought.

We visited the Terlingua 'ghost' town but it seems it has become a tourist area with some of the houses redone to be places to stay overnight. Only the cemetary, jail and church remain the same. Maybe we missed something?

It has been very interesting to see this side of Texas. Texas is the most diverse state I think we have ever traveled - from the deserts, to the moutains to the ocean (gulf). Towns like Austin and Galveston in the same state as Pensacola and Terlingua... It takes forever to get through the state too! We are ready to move on... we will likely be back but just along the Gulf Coast area.

Update - turns out we both had Covid during our stay here! It was mild for us both - Bill having allergy symptoms and me feeling exhausted. We suspected it might be that and stayed isolated until we could find tests.