Day Eighteen (Out of this World)

Today started early. We set the alarm and woke way before the sunrise. We packed up and loaded the car, then headed down the hill to watch the sunrise. (It's like watching the grass grow!) An hour later was connected with Laura and headed to Castolon section of Big Bend National Park. We drove out to the Santa Elena Canyon. It was so beautiful and totally worth the drive out there. Thank you Laura for such a wonderful visit. We know that we only scratched the surface of the park and we are looking forward to our next visit.

After we left the park, we headed north six and a half hours to Roswell, New Mexico. We haven't seen anything strange yet, but we have our eyes peeled for any aliens. Tomorrow is another seven hours on the road, but we are going to do some exploring on the way.

Thank goodness you can't bring home anything from the National Park or Scott might have put this little guy in his pocket as a souvenier.

The sunrise was very beautiful and meet all of our expectations.

There were so many different kinds of cactus in the park.

The three of us standing in front of Santa Elena Canyon. It really puts things in perspective.

Santa Elena Canyon, Mexico on the left and the US on the right.

I think I had half of the beach in my shoes after the short hike to Santa Elena.

The amazing mountains in Big Bend.

Yeah, we left the mountains behind because there is nothing but flatness in the rest of West Texas!!!!