We joined Ranger Rob on a walk and talk about predators in Big Bend. We got a personalized tour as just the two of us showed up. We walked to a Javalina den and a mountain lion den. Investigated all the scat we encountered as we went….mostly fox. Can’t say I would personally have been as hands on as Ranger Rob (picked it up and tore it apart looking at what they’d been eating….yucky) was but it was all pretty cool.

The rest of the day was spent on hikes with fantastic vistas. We were in the Chisos Baisn so we were surrounded by mountains on all sides. We could see for miles well into Mexico and into Texas. The second hike had an elevation change of 1100 ft in about 2 ¼ miles each way. We walked what seemed like a hundred switchbacks. Obviously the up way was the tough part. Felt the thinner air too as we ended just below 8000 ft again. Great views. Lots of birds. Fun hike. We were tired at the end but worth it. We had hoped to spend a little time in the natural hot springs along the Rio Grande but they were a little seedy for us. Really just the ruins of an old bath house foundations that people clean the flood mud out of and relax in. We were not quite that sore and tired! To each his own I guess.