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The Sierra del Carmen, just across the Rio Grande from Big Bend in Mexico, rise to over 9,000 feet
Spotted this rock rattler in of all places—the rocks! Of course there’s plenty of rocks in Big Bend. Enough to satisfy the most discriminating rattlesnake. He didn’t look like he wanted to chat so I just snapped a picture & bid him adieu. I’ve come across many snakes in the backcountry. They don’t want to bite you any more than you want to bite them.
I’ve rafted the canyons of the Rio Grande but I was backpacking when I was struck by the crystal clear reflection of the canyon walls in the river. Note the shadow resembling the state of Texas
Near the Rio Grande well below the Marufo Vega Trail near where I camped on a solo b’backing trip
