Nadeen and I headed out of San Antonio in the direction of Big Bend National Park bright and early that morning. After being in San Antonio for a couple days we were excited to get to the rugged side of Texas.
Along the trip we ran into a couple of different boarder control stations. At one in particular we were motioned to stop so that two men and a dog could check the car for obvious reasons. As we approached I thought it would be a great idea to get a picture of the boarder control station/workers to add to the scrapbook and have for memories, as a snapped a shot I look out the window to be greeted by a man shaking his finger at me.. apparently a picture of him is not allowed and is a violation of national security. Nadeen and myself found this to be absolutely absurd but none the less we deleted the picture.
Not much farther down the road we ran into some more excitement... As Nadeen drives through a small town a sherrif deputy points and waves to her to pull over. Naturally Nadeen gets pissed and says she wasn't speeding... but the sherrif just wanted to see her insurance and license and went back to his truck. Luckily he came back with a warning citation, called my Jeep at 96 (not cool!), and let us go. We continued on our way stopping at a gas station a mile up the road where it seems we have already become famous. People are staring at us on our way in and one guys stops what he is doing to ask is we were issued a ticket.. it was quite exciting to see how popular we had become in just a short visit to the city.
After arriving at the park we set up camp and headed out for a hike before it got dark. We chose to hike at Boquillas trail... this trial took us to the Rio Grande. We went to the viewing area where we got anxious to get down to the river so we made our own trail and hiked our way down the hill, through the shrubs and avoiding the cacti. After that we headed over to the "real" trail where we meet some of the other campers and made friends quickly. We were able to climb a huge sand dune up to a cave and watch as many Mexicans tried to find a way to cross the Rio Grande without being spotted by the boarder patrol. Many of them were coming on horseback with their families and important belongings. It was amazing to see what these people will go through to get into our country, its something I always saw in history books or movies but never really thought it still happened this way... It makes you think about what you take for granted each day.
The days are flying by and each one has its own adventures. I am looking forward to all the excitement that has yet to come.
Amanda
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