Caves In Santa Elena Walls

by Linda Cox

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Caves In Santa Elena Walls

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Linda Cox

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Photograph - Digital Photography

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This is an image of some caves in the Santa Elena Canyon Walls on the Mexico side of the Rio Grand River that runs through Big Bend National Park in Texas. The Rio Grande is a large, and probably the most famous river in Texas. It forms an international border, and in Big Bend you will find sheer, towering walls that rise above the river separating the two countries of the United States and Mexico. Absolutely spectacular. It is in this area that the Rio Grande River makes a dramatic detour and creates it's deep, big bend along the Texas-Mexico border. This is an area basically unchanged for centuries, except for a few campgrounds and one hotel in the Chisos Mountains. What you see, hear and feel when you are in the Big Bend area is what the Apache and Comanche Indians, invading Spaniards, settlers, miners and smugglers saw, heard and felt hundreds of years ago. It is a place that you don't just decide to visit in an afternoon because it is miles and miles and miles from anywhere except the little ghost town of Terlingua. You should definitely visit this beautiful place, but plan to spend a day or two or more just getting there, and then a day or two or more just seeing the place. Big Bend National Park sprawls over an area larger than Rhode Island, covering more than 800,000 acres. Well worth the time and effort.

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February 5th, 2014

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