{"id":2571,"date":"2019-02-27T12:29:31","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T12:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rexisretired.com\/?p=2571"},"modified":"2019-02-27T12:29:31","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T12:29:31","slug":"nothin-honey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rexisretired.com\/?p=2571","title":{"rendered":"Nothin Honey"},"content":{"rendered":"

2\/22\/2019.\u00a0 <\/span>Elevation 2434<\/p>\n

We ain\u2019t got no cell service so no internet, no TV stations and driving through the park, not even any radio stations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We\u2019re just outside of Big Bend National Park in Stillwell RV park for 3 nights, it\u2019s certainly nothing to write home about, although in comparison to a couple of others we discovered while out side the other side of the park, at a different entrance, while we were in search of gas. We have no complaints with the oversized spot we have. There were no RV spots inside the park, probably because of the cold spell up north. Everyone, like us, is looking to escape the cold.<\/p>\n

We arrived around 11:15 am after spending last night looking for the Marfa Lights. It\u2019s something I can mark off my list. I didn\u2019t see much in them after looking at them for a minute or two, I was ready to go in. It was getting cool, and dropped to around 33 last night.<\/p>\n

After we arrived and got set up we went for a drive, while our driving around Big Bend NP the Jeep at one time said 82, out of the freezer into the oven? Na, it\u2019s very comfortable here most of the time……….minus the wind of course. We didn\u2019t get out much or go for any walks, just looking around from the jeep.<\/p>\n

Of course the wind is blowing everywhere we stop.<\/p>\n

Speaking of blowing wind…… WOW the wind picked up while we were asleep and a little before midnight this one gust woke us up, a couple of minutes after that one, along came the real wind, we thought the coach might roll over for a second. We decided to bring in the slide in and that settled some of the rocking and flapping from the slide topper. I don\u2019t know when it died down, I apparently went right back to sleep.<\/p>\n

Inside the park the vegetation looks much like other places we have been and changes with altitude, going into the park we\u2019re around 2400 feet. The park starts with sparse brown grass and changes to mostly Creosote bushes, sprinkled occasional ocotillo and prickly pear cactus then some yucca plants thrown in to break things up. This as the landscape changes from flat to naked washes to vegetation free jagged mountain peeks, the remains of eons old volcanos. Other areas the rocks are titled at odd angles.<\/p>\n

The leaves are starting to come out, yup in February, one wash, near an old homestead had several cottonwoods. The leaves that were about half grown and a bright light green. Others are just now coming out. It wont be long before the cactus are beginning to bloom. We did fine one prickly pear caucus bloom in a protected spot, it probably missed the last freeze being protected by some large rocks.<\/p>\n

Along the Rio Grande River were a few small trees about 2 inches around, they had bark like wild cherry but were not, the leaves were different, there were also smaller willow trees, the most common was bamboo, but I think that\u2019s an invasive species and they are trying to keep the bamboo cut down so the native species can make a comeback.<\/p>\n

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