the obligatory “setting the scene” photo
starting to set up camp
Stephen showing his mighty strength while pitching the tent
a friendly neighborhood deer on the Window trail
the kind of scenery that is all around you at Big Bend
purple!
Julia giving Stephen a heart attack by clambering down to the edge of the Window ... a 200-foot waterfall (but only when it rains)
the view out the 10-foot-wide gap in the Window
Stephen plays with the Rio Grande (that's Mexico behind him)
anti-evolutionist graffiti on the fossil sign. silly people! =)
the girls in Santa Elena Canyon
... while Stephen takes a rest
the government of Mexico respectfully requests that American tourists stop pelting our nation with rocks.
a nighttime visitor to our campsite: grey fox
a slightly blurry javelina
trail ridin'
Stephen gets a little closer to Mexico
sunset over the Window