Tag: Chihuahuan Desert
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Big Bend National Park
Terlingua, Brewster Co., Texas, USA (May 1992) We left San Antonio, passed Uvalde, passed Del Rio, driving through ever smaller and less frequent towns, moving into one of the most remote locations imaginable. We were heading towards that place where the Rio Grande River flows southeast and then takes a sudden jog to the north.…
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Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Carlsbad, Eddy Co., New Mexico, USA (May 1992) We drove up and over the Guadalupe Mountains in Texas, crossing into New Mexico and heading towards Carlsbad Caverns National Park in the southern part of the state (map). This is an unusual environment for a variety of reasons. The Guadalupe range is the exposed portion of…