Blue View - Fording the Rio Grande to Old Mexico

Blue View - Fording the Rio Grande to Old Mexico

When we decided to visit Big Bend National Park, which is right on the border of Texas and Mexico, we discovered that it was possible to visit the sleepy little village of Boquillas Del Carmen, less than a mile south in old Mexico. All we had to do was ford the Rio Grande River. That shouldn't be too hard, right?

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Blue View - Close Encounter with a Rattlesnake

Blue View - Close Encounter with a Rattlesnake

While hiking in Guadalupe Mountains National Park, we had quite the adrenaline rush when we almost stepped on an angry western diamondback rattler blocking the narrow path. With a granite wall on one side and a sheer drop-off on the other, there was no easy way around him…

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