From Del Rio, TX to Big Bend, is a drive through the desert, with an occasional town every 60 or 70 miles. The major employer is the Border Patrol. With hundreds of miles of deserts, it seems like a difficult place to cross. The temperature in the morning is nice but it’s been rising steadily. Deb is tired of sandwiches, so we make a vegetable soup in the crockpot that should be ready by 1:00. We got to the visitors center about 12:30. The sign says that the RV sites with electricity and water are full.
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| Roadrunner |
We head for Rio Grande Village for a dry camping site. Once we get there, it is pretty much empty. Getting out of the RV, we realize that the heat has really come on. It’s close to 100. The RV lot with utilities doesn’t look full! More Texas Logic. All the reserved spots are taken, the unreserved spots are still available. As reported in Trip Advisor, the RV lot is actually a parking lot with hookups at he curb. Now, realizing that the entrance etc is always on the right of an RV, if you back into the first spot on the left in the parking lot, you don’t see any of the RV’s, just the mountains.
Because this was another day-off, our second day started with a bike ride and a couple of hikes along the Rio Grande, and then a scenic drive to the other side of the park, about 130 miles round trip. The highlight was the Santa Elena Canyon. The Rio Grande runs down the floor of the canyon which is only 200 feet wide. With both sides rising 1,500 ft straight up. We were all perplexed by where they were going to put that wall.
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| Rio Grande, Mexico on the left, US on the right |
Returning to our little parking lot space with the electricity, we hide from the afternoon sun, waiting for the coolness of the evening. If we can, we will stop in Carlsbad Caverns, but we need to get an early start to make that happen.
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