Explore nature, both wild and human, with Michael and Christina
The days were already hot down in Big Bend National Park, deep in the Chihuahuan Desert, when we visited in April. The critters that live there have adapted in various ways to survive the heat. As I learned long ago from one of my favorite childhood books, Creatures of the Desert World, many animals endure this…
Way, way off the beaten track, across a vast, rocky, and dusty landscape, not on the way to anywhere but here, is Big Bend National Park. To get your passport stamped at this park requires a lengthy trek deep down into the southern extent of the western Texas panhandle. This is where the Rio Grande…