Long haul, about eleven hours. On I-10, we often did not see another car for twenty minutes or more. As we entered the park, well, you can see the temperature. We went thru a very brief shower and it dropped 36 degrees and then went to 106 within twenty minutes. We hired a guide because some of the sites were only reachable by four wheel drive. It was beautiful, high desert, mountains, unusual plant life and the bright green of the Rio Grande banks, with M...

The drive from Big Bend to Marfa was voted one of the top ten drives in North America. The road winds along the mountains and below is the Rio Grande, the only color against the rocks. We have seen all sorts of border control vehicles and went through two check points. I think there were more of their cars than the those of the locals. Marfa was interesting. The main attraction is the Chinati Foundation, a WWII fort that houses about a dozen installations th...

Our first stop was outside of Mobile and we did a slight detour the next morning to see Biloxi. I was assuming this would be akin to the low country, beautiful homes, gardens, historic preservation. There is a reason I have no acompanying pictures. As we entered the city, I thought we were in Las Vegas. Casinos, neon signs, fast food, ugly. A couple of miles further, we saw a more residential area....with lots of commercial real estate signs. There was B...