Big Bend State Ranch

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Tristan holds his hat on in the wind of our borrowed Jeep Wrangler
Tristan holds his hat on in the wind of our borrowed Jeep Wrangler
An abandoned church in a ghost town on the West side
An abandoned church in a ghost town on the West side
My lost desert mountains
My lost desert mountains
Natural caves in the mountain rock
Natural caves in the mountain rock


The hearth of an old Mexican home
The hearth of an old Mexican home
this place
this place
From inside the abandoned home
From inside the abandoned home
Christian?
Christian?


The fire that would have warmed many a Mexican bone
The fire that would have warmed many a Mexican bone
The road ahead
The road ahead
The Rio Grande - USA on the left, Mexico due right
The Rio Grande – USA on the left, Mexico due right
Jorge breaking from rock throwing
Jorge breaking from rock throwing


An entire abandoned village on the Rio Grande
An entire abandoned village on the Rio Grande
The abandoned village's church, a hundred or so year old building
The abandoned village’s church, a hundred or so year old building
Gunfights likely occurred
Gunfights likely occurred
The church with Mexico in the background
The church with Mexico in the background


Cross on a golden sky
Cross on a golden sky
The same cross, earlier
The same cross, earlier
building
building
Knife on a blood pond - this was clay that had been turned to a small lake outside of the abandoned town
Knife on a blood pond – this was clay that had been turned to a small lake outside of the abandoned town


Jeep in the rear view
Jeep in the rear view