You couldn't have asked for better weather this past weekend, or a better opportunity for going somewhere in Texas where autumn is an especially-colorful occasion.
Which is what brought Younger Son and I to the McKittrick Canyon Trail of Guadalupe Mountains National Park, in far West Texas.
What we found was something new and wondrous for Younger Son, born and raised here, in the heart of the Permian Basin, where autumn is a time of evergreen and muted brown, with only an all-too-rare splash of red and gold to break the monotony.
For me, a dang-Yankee-from-back-east, it was a recollection of other times and other places, walking through sparkling forests, canopied and carpeted in color, and vistas of incredible crazy-quilts of color that were forested hills and mountains.
I'd like to offer the following images from our day in McKittrick, and to suggest that you make the trip, yourself, someday.
Which is what brought Younger Son and I to the McKittrick Canyon Trail of Guadalupe Mountains National Park, in far West Texas.
What we found was something new and wondrous for Younger Son, born and raised here, in the heart of the Permian Basin, where autumn is a time of evergreen and muted brown, with only an all-too-rare splash of red and gold to break the monotony.
For me, a dang-Yankee-from-back-east, it was a recollection of other times and other places, walking through sparkling forests, canopied and carpeted in color, and vistas of incredible crazy-quilts of color that were forested hills and mountains.
I'd like to offer the following images from our day in McKittrick, and to suggest that you make the trip, yourself, someday.
6 comments:
Stunning photos, Jeff. Simply stunning.
Thank you, George ... thank you very much. But a lion's share of the credit goes to the source material ... it was a genuine challenge, that day, to take a BAD photo.
Great photos! That's one of our favorite hikes, and your post is a reminder that it's been much too long since we visited Guadalupe.
Eric, would you believe that, after all these years, that was my FIRST visit to McKittrick? I don't know how many times I would see a post of yours about hiking GPNP, and thinking, "one of these days ..."
Great shots, Jeff. Jealous.
Now, Jimmy ... it's ME following in YOUR footsteps, inspired by (and more than a little jealous of) your shots.
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