On Saturday, we drove South. We stopped in the Terlingua ghost town, where modest occupied houses are surrounded by stone ruins. The cemetery was quite interesting, a lot like a Mexican cemetary.
After stopping at the Big Bend Ranch State Park visitor center, we got on the river road. The road parallels the river for fifty miles or so, all the way to Presidio. It is a twisty up-and-down road, 40 mph or so. We camped next to the river. It felt a little spooky to be camped with no other campers around, with Mexico just across the river. A couple of vehicles stopped to look at the river, but that was it. We were staying in the Grassy Banks campground. No, there were not really Grassy Banks, mostly Tamarisk.
There was a rapid near our camp, creating a dull roar. We heard the neighing of horses; we saw the horses on the Mexican side the morning we left.
On Sunday, we went to Contrabando Creek for a hike. First, we wandered through the old movie set, used in "The Streets of Laredo" and other movies. Then we went for a hike along Contrabando Creek. Contrabando Creek was used by smugglers to move contraband, including liquor and wax, from Mexico to the USA.
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| Contrabando movie set |
The weather and our hike were pleasant; however, we saw no birds, lizards, or animals. The terrain was rocky and rugged, with fewer different colors than in O'Keefe's New Mexico. We did see some old mining equipment, and a gate to nowhere, with no fencing on either side. We went out about two miles and then turned around.
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