Big Bend National Park is located so remote that I have been looking for an opportunity to visit for a few years. I had a short stay in Dallas, TX in August 2011. The weather is very hot in the summer and is not considered a good time to visit the southwest part of Texas. I traveled to Dallas again in the middle of May in 2012. I decided this time to visit Big Bend National Park and Southwestern Texas although Match and April are believed better months in the region.

I began to read about the regions of southwestern Texas and collect information for the treval. The final plan was to focus on three locations:

Big Bend National Park
El Camino Del Rio (the River Road) through Big Bend Ranch State Park
Ghost Town, Terlingua

The weather condition was not so bad as I expected except of temperature during the day. There were a few major thunderstroms just before I arrived and during my stays. The desert plants were in very good condition due to recent precipitation.

I also experimented my first night sky photography: Mliky Way over ruins in the Ghost Town, Terlingua.