Kim and Rhonda's Adventures
Page 2
Big Bend National Park, December 26-31, 2007
Big Bend National Park's Lost Mine Trail leads up to a breathtaking view of the Chisos Mountains, on the back side of Casa Grande. This 4.8 mile trail is very popular and is very well maintained.
Castolan is now a ghost town on the Rio Grande River where the original store still operates and there a ranger station and restrooms there, as well as park personnel residences and an old adobe house.
West of Castolan is Santa Elena Canyon. It's a beautiful, peaceful place on the Rio Grande.
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| Views from the | Lost Mine Trail. |
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| View of the "Window" from the Lost Mine Trail. | |
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| Just beautiful views from | the Lost Mine Trail. |
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| Kim at the top of the Lost Mine Trail. | View from the top of the Lost Mine Trail. |
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| Views from the Lost Mine Trail. | |
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| Mule Ears formation, seen from the road. | Desert landcape on the road from Chisos Basin to Castolan. |
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| Old adobe house at Castolan. | |
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| Ruins of a rock house, between Castolan and Cottonwood Campground. | |
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| Views of the Rio Grande River. | |
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The very peaceful Santa Elena Canyon on the Rio Grande River. |
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| On the road from Big Bend National Park to Big Bend Ranch State Park. | |
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View of Rio Grande River from an overlook on the road between BBNP and BBRSP. |