Along the Window Trail

The other side of Nowhere

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November 11th 2011
When we arrived at the park office in Big Bend, the ranger was taking a visitor's report of a bear sighting. Stickers were posted on a wall map showing the locations of recent sightings of bears and mountain lions. We never saw a bear, but the lid of one of the bear-proofed trash bins in our campground had some deep gouges left by a bear that had tried to use power instead of finesse. And ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more