Monday, March 2, 2009

Big Bend - Hot Springs

There's an old hot springs on the Rio Grand in Big Bend. We soaked in this springs for a bit while we were there.



A long time ago there was a resort on the river ...







The inside of these buildings shows the timber and ocotillo roofs that were common at the turn of the century - the 1900s, that is.





The rock nettle on the cliff side were bright yellow.



And the illegals still don't have the message that their crafts are no longer welcome north of the border, unless they bring them in legally. They persist in bringing these things across the border, leaving them with messages saying that the proceeds go to a school in Boquillas. The school doesn't exist.




We both enjoyed the hot springs that continue to flow in what's left of the foundation of the old bath house. The flood last fall wiped a lot of the canyon clean and deposited mud six to twelve inches deep.












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