Having spent a lot of time in the city on the journey down to Texas we were in need of some outdoor relaxation.
We headed down to the boarder of Mexico, where Big Bend National Park was located. The Park has many hikes, camping options and canyons. It also is the home to mountain lions and black bears (which we unfortunately didn't see).
By the time we reached the Park there were no vacant campsites. You can make reservations at state and national parks. For state parks the norm is two days in advance and national parks is four days. This requires planning, which we could not manage. We decided to do a hike and much to my disgust, Mark chose the highest peak.
Having completed our sweaty 16km hike. We headed to the Study Butte RV Park which was located just outside of Big Bend. Arriving to a mixture of locals and travellers enjoying a couple of cold cans, so we were naturally obligated to join. Even comparing sprinter vans with an older couple, eventually concluding that their factory build was slightly superior to our Boston build.
The next day we decided to find a change of scenery and headed North West, to New Mexico. Over the 516 Miles (830 km) we drove we saw a change in scenery and a dramatic drop in temperature. The previous day being 28 Degrees Celsius to our night in Santa Fe (New Mexico) being a low of negative one.
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