Big Bend Day 4 - the final hikes

Expected to be pretty warm today - temps in the 100's so we decide to do the Pine Canyon Trail - 4 miles roundtrip since it is mostly in the Canyon in the woods and hopefully cooler. We stop and do 2 quick hikes on the way - the Dug Out Wells and Chihuahan Dessert each only a half mile.

In the early 1900's a settler dug into the Spring and added a Windmill to enhance flow, it still is working today.







A prickly pear cactus which I think of as the Mickey Mouse Cactus because . . . well you can see!Pine Canyon Trail

The trail begins in the open dessert grasslands.

Then passes thru a heavily wooded section.

It ends at the base of a 200 foot cliff that becomesa waterfall after heavy rains (it hasn't rained here since October)

Time to relax and enjoy the shade!

Meanwhile, we keep on Trek'n

More Later,

Melissa and Gary