![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/750/jpeg/21t.jpg) Under Gorman Falls in Colorado Bend State Park. Bend, Texas, May 23, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/750/jpeg/20t.jpg) Gorman Falls in Colorado Bend State Park. Bend, Texas, May 23, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/750/jpeg/22t.jpg) Mossy travertine formations at the base of Gorman Falls in Colorado Bend State Park. Bend, Texas, May 23, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/750/jpeg/17t.jpg) Spicewood Springs in Colorado Bend State Park. Bend, Texas, May 23, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/733/jpeg/12t.jpg) View of Big Creek from Big Creek Loop Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 11, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/694/jpeg/08t.jpg) Overlook of a bend of Pilant Slough in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, December 14, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2883/jpeg/17t.jpg) Bend of Colorado River from Bluff Trail Loop in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/732/jpeg/26t.jpg) Hoots Hollow Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 11, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/733/jpeg/01t.jpg) Oak forest on Hoots Hollow Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 11, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/809/jpeg/26t.jpg) Boot Rock, view from Boot Spring Trail. Big Bend National Park, November 27, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/810/jpeg/01t.jpg) View of Boot Rock from Boot Spring Trail. Big Bend National Park, November 27, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/733/jpeg/03t.jpg) Pink flowers of pea family on Prairie Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 11, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/732/jpeg/25t.jpg) Bark of an oak tree on Hoots Hollow Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 11, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2660/jpeg/17t.jpg) Tail view of an alligator from Spillway Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, March 12, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/733/jpeg/10t.jpg) Sheep sorrel (Rumex) on Big Creek Loop Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 11, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/733/jpeg/02t.jpg) Sensitive brier (Schrankia uncinata)(?) on Prairie Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 11, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/733/jpeg/08t.jpg) Some seed pods on Horseshoe Lake Loop Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 11, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2661/jpeg/15t.jpg) Back view of an alligator from Elm Lake Loop Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, March 12, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/733/jpeg/15t.jpg) Philadelphia fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus) on Big Creek Loop Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 11, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/733/jpeg/09t.jpg) Herbertia (Prairie nymph) on Horseshoe Lake Loop Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 11, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/733/jpeg/14t.jpg) Self-Heal (Carpenter-weed, Prunella vulgaris) on Big Creek Loop Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 11, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/733/jpeg/04t.jpg) Back-lit dwarf dandelion (Krigia occidentalis) on Pilant Slough Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 11, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/733/jpeg/05t.jpg) Blooming violet ruella (Ruellia caroliniensis) on Pilant Slough Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 11, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/733/jpeg/13t.jpg) Ripening drupes of dewberry (Rubus trivialis) on Big Creek Loop Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 11, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2661/jpeg/03t.jpg) Head view of a large alligator on a lawn from Elm Lake Loop Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, March 12, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/655/jpeg/21t.jpg) Close-up ventral view of golden silk spider on Spillway Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, July 4, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/733/jpeg/11t.jpg) Tiny white flowers of knotted hedgeparsley (Torilis nodosa) on Big Creek Loop Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 11, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/733/jpeg/06t.jpg) Yellow hairy caterpillar of salt marsh moth(?) (Estigmene acrea) on Horseshoe Lake Loop Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 11, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3626/jpeg/21t.jpg) View of a lake from Bluestem Bend Trail in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 29, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/732/jpeg/17t.jpg) Heron like bird on west side of Elm Lake(?) in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 11, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/732/jpeg/19t.jpg) Blue heron bird near Pilant(?) Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 11, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/810/jpeg/04t.jpg) Emory Peak Trail in fog. Big Bend National Park, November 27, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/809/jpeg/18t.jpg) Boot Spring Trail. Big Bend National Park, November 26, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/732/jpeg/22t.jpg) Alligator hiding in duckweed on west side of Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 11, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/732/jpeg/18t.jpg) Floating alligator trunk on west side of Elm Lake(?) in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 11, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/811/jpeg/03t.jpg) Switchbacks of Blue Creek Trail. Big Bend National Park, November 29, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/732/jpeg/21t.jpg) Alligator head floating in duckweed on west side of Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 11, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/809/jpeg/15t.jpg) Slopes of Chisos Mountains from Pinnacles Trail. Big Bend National Park, November 26, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/811/jpeg/04t.jpg) Area of red rocks on Blue Creek Trail. Big Bend National Park, November 29, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/809/jpeg/23t.jpg) Boot Canyon Trail ending at Southeast Rim. Big Bend National Park, November 27, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/809/jpeg/20t.jpg) Upper section of Boot Canyon Trail. Big Bend National Park, November 27, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/809/jpeg/22t.jpg) Upper part of Boot Canyon Trail. Big Bend National Park, November 27, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/732/jpeg/23t.jpg) Close-up of an alligator head floating in duckweed on west side of Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 11, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/809/jpeg/14t.jpg) Fall colors of Chisos Mountains from Pinnacles Trail. Big Bend National Park, November 26, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/809/jpeg/16t.jpg) Cliffs of Toll Mountain from Boot Spring Trail. Big Bend National Park, November 26, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/810/jpeg/09t.jpg) Emory Peak from lower section of Southwest Rim Trail. Big Bend National Park, November 28, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/809/jpeg/17t.jpg) Slopes of Chisos Mountains from Boot Spring Trail. Big Bend National Park, November 26, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/732/jpeg/24t.jpg) Close-up of an alligator nose and eyes floating in duckweed on west side of Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 11, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/732/jpeg/20t.jpg) Yellow-crowned night-heron marsh bird on west side of Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 11, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/809/jpeg/13t.jpg) Group of people with Dallas Sierra Club on Pinnacles Trail. Big Bend National Park, November 26, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/809/jpeg/12t.jpg) Century plant which bloomed, died, and tipped over, on Pinnacles Trail. Big Bend National Park, November 26, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/811/jpeg/02t.jpg) Fruit of cholla cactus (cylindropuntia) on Blue Creek Trail. Big Bend National Park, November 29, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/810/jpeg/06t.jpg) Slopes of Chisos Mountains east from Boot Spring Trail. Big Bend National Park, November 27, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/811/jpeg/01t.jpg) Fruits of Texas madrone (Arbutus xalapensis) on Blue Creek Trail. Big Bend National Park, November 29, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/604/jpeg/06t.jpg) Boot Rock, view from Juniper Canyon Trail. Big Bend National Park, Texas, November 23, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/733/jpeg/07t.jpg) Brown furry caterpillar of salt marsh moth(?) (Estigmene acrea) near New Horseshoe Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 11, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/811/jpeg/05t.jpg) One of eroded pinnacles of pink volcanic tuff on Blue Creek Trail. Big Bend National Park, November 29, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/604/jpeg/12t.jpg) Sotol and Southeast Rim, view from east part of Dodson Trail. Big Bend National Park, Texas, November 23, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/604/jpeg/16t.jpg) South Rim, view from Fresno Circle campsite near Dodson Trail. Big Bend National Park, Texas, November 23, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/604/jpeg/10t.jpg) Northeast Rim, view from lower part of Juniper Canyon Trail. Big Bend National Park, Texas, November 23, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/605/jpeg/05t.jpg) Bee Mountain, view to the west from Smokey Creek Trail near Mule Ear Spring. Big Bend National Park, Texas, November 25, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/604/jpeg/24t.jpg) Desert mistletoe(?) growing on ocotillo, view from Smokey Creek Trail. Big Bend National Park, Texas, November 25, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/604/jpeg/18t.jpg) Elephant Tusk Rock, view from Fresno Spring near Dodson Trail. Big Bend National Park, Texas, November 24, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/604/jpeg/08t.jpg) Crown Mountain, view from lower part of Juniper Canyon Trail. Big Bend National Park, Texas, November 23, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/809/jpeg/24t.jpg) Southeast Rim in fog. Big Bend National Park, November 27, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/605/jpeg/08t.jpg) Goat Mountain, view to the north from Smokey Creek Trail near Mule Ear Spring. Big Bend National Park, Texas, November 25, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/604/jpeg/11t.jpg) Cane Cholla cactus and Southeast Rim, view from east part of Dodson Trail. Big Bend National Park, Texas, November 23, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/605/jpeg/03t.jpg) Valley of Smokey Creek, view to the east from a trail north from Mule Ear Peaks. Big Bend National Park, Texas, November 25, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/811/jpeg/06t.jpg) Eroded pinnacles of pink volcanic tuff looking like a miniature Bryce Canyon on Blue Creek Trail. Big Bend National Park, November 29, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/810/jpeg/13t.jpg) Agaves on South Rim. Big Bend National Park, November 28, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/810/jpeg/10t.jpg) Cliffs of South Rim. Big Bend National Park, November 28, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/810/jpeg/14t.jpg) Dry juniper on South Rim. Big Bend National Park, November 28, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/810/jpeg/16t.jpg) Dry tree on South Rim. Big Bend National Park, November 28, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/810/jpeg/07t.jpg) Boot Rock from Boot Spring Trail. Big Bend National Park, November 28, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/889/jpeg/03t.jpg) Spillway Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, September 4, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2646/jpeg/07t.jpg) Spillway Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, February 15, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/605/jpeg/12t.jpg) Smokey Creek Trail near Trap Spring east from Mule Ear Overlook, view to the west. Big Bend National Park, Texas, November 25, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/810/jpeg/08t.jpg) Boot Rock from Boot Spring Trail at sunrise. Big Bend National Park, November 28, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/810/jpeg/12t.jpg) Cacti and agaves on South Rim. Big Bend National Park, November 28, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/810/jpeg/15t.jpg) Pine tree on South Rim. Big Bend National Park, November 28, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/810/jpeg/20t.jpg) Sunset from SW3 (Southwest Rim) campsite. Big Bend National Park, November 28, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/810/jpeg/25t.jpg) Agaves on South Rim at sunrise. Big Bend National Park, November 29, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/694/jpeg/04t.jpg) Hoots Hollow Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, December 14, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2660/jpeg/20t.jpg) Some sedge from Spillway Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, March 12, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/810/jpeg/05t.jpg) Casa Grande Peak of Chisos Mountains from Emory Peak Trail. Big Bend National Park, November 27, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/810/jpeg/22t.jpg) Crooked pine on South Rim at morning. Big Bend National Park, November 29, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/810/jpeg/19t.jpg) Elephant tusk Mountain from Southeast Rim. Big Bend National Park, November 28, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/810/jpeg/17t.jpg) Crooked pine growing on South Rim. Big Bend National Park, November 28, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/810/jpeg/23t.jpg) Dry juniper tree on South Rim at morning. Big Bend National Park, November 29, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/809/jpeg/21t.jpg) Upper part of Boot Canyon. Big Bend National Park, November 27, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/809/jpeg/19t.jpg) Fall colors of Boot Canyon. Big Bend National Park, November 27, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/810/jpeg/02t.jpg) East summit of Emory Peak in fog. Big Bend National Park, November 27, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2660/jpeg/27t.jpg) White rose(?) on Prairie Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, March 12, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/635/jpeg/25t.jpg) Winecup flower on Prairie Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1066/jpeg/20t.jpg) Snake skeletons on Prairie Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, June 2, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/694/jpeg/05t.jpg) Oaks of Hoots Hollow Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, December 14, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2660/jpeg/14t.jpg) Spanish moss on Spillway Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, March 12, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/889/jpeg/11t.jpg) "Giant anakonda" from Spillway Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, September 4, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1066/jpeg/24t.jpg) Gayfeather (Liatris) on Prairie Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, June 2, 2012
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