Photo Chris Vreeland

Picturesque Highway 17 in West Texas. The road into Balmorhea State Park.
Photo Chris Vreeland
TX 118 Fort Davis to I-10, Van Horn
In 1978, the board and supporters of the Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute purchased 507 acres of rolling grassland, oak-studded hills, and shady...
The Ernst Tinaja in Big Bend is the largest of a series of tinajas or natural water holes in this canyon. Because it rarely goes dry, it is a...
We traveled to the McDonald Observatory to see the heavens on The Texas Bucket List.
A look at a couple of the water holes in Balmorhea.
View looking Southwest from The Rim at Chilicote Ranch. Somewhere in the valley below runs the Rio Grande, separating Texas in the foreground from...
The world's largest coral reef.
Balmorhea State Park was constructed by the CCC in the early 1930s to put folks to work during the Depression.
