This is the part of the park known to have black bears and mountain lions. However, at a ranger program last night, we learned that the numbers of each are way down due to the persistent drought. They did receive a lot of rain last month, and hope the food chain will rebound.
We both saw several roadrunners in the park. I saw an interesting duck that I haven't been able to identify. It had a black head and gray back. Our campground had a golden-fronted woodpecker making the rounds. Picture from wikipedia:
Today we drove out to "civilization" in Del Rio, TX. We made a resupply run to the Super Wal-Mart here.
:) It is still part of the Big Bend region, and the Chihauhan Desert. But it's populated and there is phone service. It's laundry night for Terry again. :(
On the way we stopped for lunch at Langtry, the place of the famous Judge Roy Bean . The whole drive from Marathon to Del Rio is monitored by the Border Patrol. At the museum I asked about the gravel roads that are maintained in great shape along the fences. See what looks like sand to the right of the highway here. It is a nice gravel road. Turns out, the Border Patrol runs a drag over them every day. In fact we saw one being done. They use data from sensors out in the ranch land to see where to go look for illegals. They look for footprints in the freshly-groomed gravel roads as part of their search.
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