Day Thirty Seven: Down by The Rio Grande.. 14/11/08

The RV park itself was less than impressive, but it was understandable seeing as we were parked in a temporary facility. The real RV park was pretty much destroyed by September floods. It didn't really matter too much because at the end of the day we still had somewhere to park. We got up early on day thirty seven, packed our backpacks with water and sandwiches and did what we came to do. We went hiking... The Big Bend National park brochure had these wise words of advice for hikers... "If attacked by a bear or a mountain lion...fight back". Yeah, like we needed to read that!! We set off anyway and thankfully had no such encounters. In fact the only wildlife we saw were a few birds, and a larger than normal centipede. The eight mile hike through vast canyons and over steep hills was no easy task in the dry desert heat, but did we had plenty of water to keep us alive. We saw some absolutely spectacular views, looking down over the Rio Grande and across the river into Mexico. As enjoyable as the hike was, after 6 hours on our feet, seeing the RV on the horizon was a very welcome sight. We returned to the RV park to tend to our sunburn and rest our feet, and needless to say we did very little for the rest of the evening.