Month: March 2017

Big Bend National Park is a fascinating place to learn about fossils because so many have been found here. The NPS has built a cool exhibit that showcases the 130 million years of the land’s development and the creatures that roamed the water and land here. 83-130 million years ago, this place was all water, and the only life was below the surface. But things changed when land rose above the water level. 72-83 Million Years Ag0 As the water drains off, a coastal floodplain emerges. The Deinosuchus or “terrible crocodile” was a hunting dinosaur, as big as a schoolbus. The…

Catching up on recent travel, I was down in Big Bend National Park in February, and it is yet another amazing place that Americans can enjoy as part of the National Park System. Big and wide, open and ancient, I loved exploring here. From the first glimpse of the mountains on the road down from Marathon, I was constantly challenged to figure out how to capture this place with my camera. Just driving along a road becomes a show, and they thoughtfully provide pullouts for people like me. We spent a whole day exploring the west end of the park…