Leaving Carlsbad early in the morning, we took a half-hour detour to visit another nearby national park: Guadalupe Mountains. It's one of two national parks in Texas, and not far from the New Mexico border.
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| Guadalupe Mountains |
We arrived just as the visitor center opened, in time to collect a new stamp in our national park passport books and look around a little bit.
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| highest peak in Texas |
Besides being home to Guadalupe Peak, the highest point in the state of Texas, there is also the ruins of a small 19th century stagecoach stop just off a short trail from the visitor's center. We decided to walk to it, but the wind was so frigid and cold that we only took a few pictures and hurried back to the warmth of the visitor center.
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| the old stagecoach stop |
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| very strange desert landscape |
It takes all day to climb the trail to the top of the mountain, but we just stayed long enough to look around before driving the seven hours back to Dallas.
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| so cold out there! |
Maybe next time I'll hike the trail to the top!
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| Guadalupe Peak |
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