At the top of Emory Peak (3rd highest point in Texas, 7,795 ft.).
Cody and Scott on the trail to Ernst Tinaja.
View from the house the morning of departure.
La Casa.
Desert Cottontail (Sylvilagus audubonii)
The Ol' Man enjoying the evening in the mountains.
Santa Elena Canyon (the great country of Mexico on the left).
Father and Son.
The Ol' Man on the edge of the U.S.
Blind Prickly Pear Cactus (Opuntia rufida)
Cody on the edge (literally) of the South Rim.
Mike enjoying the half way point of the Chisos South Rim trail.
Mexican Jay. Notice that he is banded, they are doing a lot of Mexican Jay research in the Chisos mountains. AKA Mikes buddy.
Early morning view from the house.
Fossils.
More fossils.
Bigfoot's fossilized footprint.
Long-spur Columbine (Aquilegia chrysantha).
Dad and I at the Cattail Falls waterfall.
The Ol' Man at the falls.
Cattail Falls.
Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) .
Strawberry cactus (Echinocereus engelmannii).
Velvet mites.
The boys waiting for the first hike of the trip.
