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Flowering prickly pear cactus
I loved all the blooming cactus. Of course, the beautiful red claret cup cactus flower is on film. Sigh.
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Terlingua Ghost Town Cemetery
Terlingua is a tiny little town near Study Butte and Big Bend National Park. There are lots of remains of buildings and one or two small businesses still open.
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Twilight at Big Bend Motorcourt and RV Park
We used this RV park as a base for our travels in and around Big Bend National Park. There was a stable behind us and we'd watch the folks ride out with a "tailgunner" riding a small burro. Again, that one is on film.
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Lola, King Ranch
While we were in the Harlingen area we drove up to the King Ranch to take the tour. It's definitely a "must see". Lola is a 70 year old ranch hand who had been working for the King family since he was 5 years old.
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A bridge crossing the Pecos River
It's hard to tell, but this bridge on Rt. 90 crossing the Pecos River stands 273 feet above the river and is the highest bridge in Texas. I was more than a little anxious while driving across it with the Texas winds whipping through!
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The Pecos River
We crossed the Pecos River near Langtry, Texas
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Judge Roy Bean's Saloon, Langtry, TX
I was having so much fun on this day trip immersing myself in Wild West history! What is strange is how short all these historical figures were; they seem so "bigger than life".
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A Saguaro cactus in Texas
This was our first introduction to a saguaro cactus, which was imported here to Langtry, presumably for "atmosphere".
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Seminole Canyon State Park, Comstock, TX
Located just east of the Pecos bridge on Hwy.90, Seminole Canyon has a number of primitive Indian pictographs on its walls. You may only go into the canyon as part of a guided tour to protect these pictures and it's a steep trail down to the canyon but it's well worth the walk.
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The Triad Pictograph
While there's really no way of knowing what the early Indians were trying to express, archaelogists have named this particular pictograph "The Triad" and assume the three figures have some sort of religious meaning.
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