Big Bend National Park 2nd day

		What a climb!! Ok, so it's trick photography, but it looks good.
Here I am hanging on with one hand!!.
		Oh, the scenery was great. The temperature was about 75 degrees. We didn't notice that the sun was extremely bright. We didn't notice the sunburn either until it was to late. A few miles back is the Rio Grande and past it is Mexico.
	This is called Burro Mesa Pour off. It is at the end of a 1 mile long walk from the parking area. We walked in while Carlos stayed sleeping in the truck. It felt hot in there, probably because of the white gravel and cliffs reflecting the heat into the canyon.
We were watching a TV program and they were talking about this part of the park. The yellow line you see on the cliffs is suppose to be what was the surface of the earth during the time when the dinosaurs became extinct. We were prepared for the heat, I had the camelback and Elfida was carrying the mister ( bottle that created a mist ) for keeping cool.
		We were on our way to see the entrance to the Santa Elena Canyon when we drove up on these ruins. You can see the cliffs that are on the Mexico side of the Rio Grand.
	That is the entrance to the Santa Elena Canyon behind us. We got their in the afternoon and the best pictures can be taken in the morning. The sun really drowns out the details on the canyon walls.
We walked through about 200 feet of mud to get to this part of the river. With the sun behind the cliff, we could get more detail on the walls.
		We had to cross this mud pit to go in and to go out of this part of the part. Carlos drove the truck across so I could get the picture.

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I found this mummified grasshopper at Study Butte. The sudden rain makes for some sticky mud. This grasshopper probably died trying to make it to a bush or weed to take shelter from the rain. The nearest vegetation was about 100 yards away.