-
Subscribe
Subscribed
Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
sharing my thoughts through words and images
While I intentionally chose to spend the winter in Vermont this year for multiple reasons, I am still longing for the desert! In the winter of 2022, we spent some time boondocking in the KOFA National Wildlife Refuge located between Quartzite and Yuma in… Continue Reading “Missing the Desert…”
If you’re looking for something a little different and less travelled, the Blue Creek Trail has a lot to offer. The trail starts in the Blue Creek wash near the Homer Wilson Ranch ruins and climbs up into the Chisos Mountains – from desert… Continue Reading “Big Bend Hikes – Blue Creek Trail”
Towards the end of January, we drove to a small parking area along the Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive to hike down the wash that leads to Horseshoe Canyon. I was so surprised to find some plants in bloom!! The above rock nettle was cascading… Continue Reading “Big Bend Flowers”
On our previous trips through Big Bend National Park, we never saw a single tarantula. This winter they are everywhere!!
It’s been a long time since I posted. My cell data speed took a beating last month when I was trying to watch some FIFA soccer matches! So, had to wait until it reset with the monthly turnover! 🙂 One of my favorite short… Continue Reading “Big Bend Hikes: Balanced Rock”
Jim walked around the other side of the picnic table on our site and reached down to pick something up off the ground – and heard a hiss…..he was inches from this rattlesnake! Jim backed off and the snake moseyed on along and disappeared… Continue Reading “Capricious Captures 9.5.22”
On one of our remaining days in the park, we decided to explore the area off the North Puerto Blanco Drive. We drove to the trailhead for the Red Tanks and Senita Basin hikes and decided on a 7-mile route that would take us… Continue Reading “Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument Part 4”
From a distance, the Lava Beds NM landscape looks fairly barren and harsh. But, up close and personal, there are many wildflowers blooming right now along the trails and roadways. On my travels in and around Gillems Bluff the other day, the sagebrush and… Continue Reading “Lava Beds Desert Bloom”
As I sit here in a very damp, cool national forest campground along the Oregon coast, I’m thinking back to the sunny, warm desert! I decided to continue on with my recap of our Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument visit in January while waiting… Continue Reading “Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument Part 2”
Day 3 On Day 3 of our brief visit, we decided to do a short hike into Tuff Canyon and then head into the town of Study Butte for fuel and groceries. Tuff Canyon Trail is a short walk down into the canyon formed… Continue Reading “Big Bend Revisited II”
Lynn Amber - Travel & Photography 