continuing from last post

Continuing on: We started early the next day for Panther Junction Headquarters and went right up to the Chisos Mts. On the way, we saw some spectacularly, stunningly beautiful views. We felt like little kids because we were in awe of the scenery. We couldn't get enough. We visited the visitors center and walked around and just took it all in. How big is our world? Words cannot describe how we felt. It was wondrous. After walking around we drove to Castalon which is a gorge on the Rio Grande River along the Sierra del Carman Mts. in Mexico. That was a 33 mi. long car trip. Breathtaking views. We stopped and I hiked down to the Homer Wilson ranch where they raised 4000 sheep and goats. They escaped in the 40's. Why? They didn't say. We packed a picnic and ate at Goat Mountain. Such history! It is hard to imagine that these mountains were formed 29 million years ago with volcanic action. We stopped at an overlook and saw a mountain called "Mule Ears" and that is exactly what it looked like. We hiked some of that trail. We drove through Cerro Castella Mt. Caps. A lot of color because of different eruptions over the years. White ash looks like piles of sand. We then drove down to Santa Elena Canyon. We drove 14 miles on a dirt road. We drove to Terlingua which is a ghost town. However, it is coming back to life. We visited the trading post and the cemetary. We will send pictures. Very interesting town. We talked to 2 of the people that lived there. The whole day we drove 175 miles. Grand day!