We pay the fee and grab a map.
We drive along the river and stop to check out sites. We jog the short trails. We have been gaining weight lately.
At this site was the set of several western movies, including 'Contrabando'
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| Tipis picnic area |
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| From the Big Hill |
One of the best sites that we visited was the Closed Canyon.
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| the end of the closed canyon |
At the end of the trail, it is possible to keep going, but either you have good climbing shoes and a rope, or you just get wet. At the very end, we thought it would have been safer to have a harness and a rope. We were in uncharted territory and we didn't know if the canyon was really closed.
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| mystery creature home |
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| transformative effect of water, the Rio Grande |
We kept driving north but we didn't drive to Presidio. Instead we turned into Bofecillos road, and then into Main Park road. It was late in the afternoon and we were going to drive towards the center of the state park on a long dirt road, where there was no way out on the other side.
We drove for 16 miles with some rough patches but in general on a pretty good road. We decided that we did not want to go all the way to the Sauceda Ranger Station, because it was too far and it was getting late.
We stopped to visit Ojito Adentro, a small oasis of cottonwood trees with a small creek going through. It's fertile ground for birds. We saw some traces of nests, but not that many birds. We are pretty sure we saw a red robin.
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