Wild plants and wild landscape

Going into the Wild West

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August 15th 2005
The destination for this trip was Big Bend National Park, Texas. Located right on the border with Mexico its landscape is a mixture of mountain, extinct volcanoes and desert and low semi arid vegetation. To my surprise the park has recently enjoyed significant rains, so much so, that the landscape appeared to be changing. The national park is a good eight hour drive from Austin, probably too ... read more

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