2020 Winter Camping Trip Day28/29-Arizona to Texas

2020 Winter Camping Trip Day28/29, 2020/12/23-24

This day we traced back to the trailhead. It was easier, because water was gone, which was the heaviest part of the stuff, and it was downhill. We pleasantly again enjoyed a lot of Saguaro. Every tree is different, so it was not boring at all to see thousands of them. 

After completion of the hike, we saw a coyote crossing a road leaving Saguaro National park and going to the Tucson city direction. We saw and heard many coyotes during this trip. They are cute and their voices are interesting. 

Then we left the park and went to again Salsa Verde, a Mexican restaurant. Why not?!

Beautiful morning light

At night we camped at Cochise Stronghold Campground. There was a little Nature trail and historic trail with sign and panels. It was interesting. Cochise was a leader of this region. As you can see in the picture, Dragoon Mountains, rugged rocky terrain helped them to hide and attach their enemies. Actually the terrain is really beautiful. I need to go back there to explore more the area. 

Next day we drove to Big Bend National Park. 

On the way we stopped by a Mexican restaurant for take out. It is in Texas, why not having Mexican food? We did it in the El Paso. 

Big Bend is most south of Texas (US-Mexico border) and Texas is a big state: so the drive was a whole day. There we went through the border control checkpoint. Because it is near US-Mexico border, there are sporadic border control stations. There each car must stop. Then an officer asks a driver if all the passengers in the car are American citizens. In our case, Mr.N says he is American citizen, and he says that I am a green card holder. Then the officer asks me to show my green card. I handed it over to the officer. Usually the officer looks for a second and gives back to me and tell us good to go. I knew that there were border control stations so I brought my green card. It is interesting that American citizens don't need to show anything! What if a person lies?

We arrived at Chisos Basin Campground, which is inside the Big Bend National Park around 8 p.m. and pitched a tent and went to sleep.