traveling from Marianna, FL to Las Cruces, NM: Part IV Big Bend NP revisited
Traveling from Marianna, FL to Las Cruces, NM. Part IV. Big Bend NP revisited, 2025 Big Bend NP is such a large park containing so much diversity we were happy to fit in a second visit on our way to Las Cruces. Diversity, you question? It's in the Chihuahuan desert, what could be diverse about that? Well, to start with, it has the most bird species of any national park, 450 (of which about 400 are migratory and 50 are year-round residents). It also has the Rio Grande River, flat vast expanses, rocky outcrops, volcanic dikes, and it has an entire mountain range, the Chisos, within its borders. The elevation varies from 1850’ at the Rio Grande to 7825’ at the top of the highest peak in the Chisos mountains. And it even has dinosaur bones and exhibits. So, yes, there is much to see and experience. We camped at The Rio Grande Village, which as its name suggests, is right along the Rio Grande River. The river, at this point, is quite shallow and although it marks the internationa...