November 13, 2011

Along the Rio Grande

Forty five miles from the campground to the west entrance station.  Changing desert all the way.  Ten miles further and we began a sixty mile journey along side the Rio Grande River.  Like the desert we were in, the road changed constantly as did the river.  Sometimes wide and flat.  Sometimes rolling hills and washes that made the ride feel like an asphalt roller coaster complete with banked turns.

 

This item is found in many of the wash areas that roads go through.  Would be interesting to see in action but think I will pass on driving this area in the rain.

 

The river was always slow and shallow but the banks varied.  Broad with lots of trees, sandy bluffs, and occasional rocky mountain sides.  Always changing and always pretty in a desert sort of way. 

 

 

Leaving the river we went north for sixty miles through wide open high desert.  High enough that cactus was replaced by sagebrush.  Probably the least interesting stretch of the trip so far.

There were a couple of interesting views in the high desert.  The top picture is called ‘Elephant Rock’.

 

   I will let you guess what the formation in the second photo is called.  If stumped scroll to bottom of this entry.

 

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We located in a small RV park in Fort Davis.  After situating we toured the Fort Davis National Historic Site.  Frontier fort that was active off and on in the last half of the 1800s. Quite large with lots of buildings and extensive grounds.

  

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It is called ‘Lincoln Profile’  :)