Last minute, we saw a photo of Seminole Canyon State park pop up in our email as a cool
place to visit in Texas. The picture was of these amazing desert views and pictographs,
some of the oldest in the US. So we decided on a whim to go hike and stay in
Del Rio for New Years! It was a fun, quick trip before we had to get back to
school and work and normal life.
We stayed in Del Rio and drove to the canyon each day.
It was beautiful weather and so nice to be outside and be together.
We had a great time!
The first day we took a guided tour, since parts of the canyon you can only go in
if you are part of a guided tour. They don't want anyone messing with the pictographs.
This rock is cool, it's smooth from people using it to sharpen knives for centuries.
Watch out for this plant, it's really really spikey!
The next day we got up early to do the longest hike but with amazing canyon views.
We even went so far as to see Mexico! The boys did great. Claire was amazing, in fact I
think she had the most fun! She loves to be carried around. Jason was a trooper carrying
her and all our water/food! He is amazing! I did help, but tired out quick. :)
It was fun to see these...we of course had to add our own rocks.
The views were incredible!
We stopped for a break and of course the boys found these huge sticks and had to sword
fight with them....unfortunately i think Chase is losing.... :)
You can see one of the pictographs here, the panther on the wall.
This was crazy. Jason didn't see a part of the cactus on the ground and stepped on it and
had like 3 of these in his shoes/foot. They were so tough! He didn't get too injured though.
Guess we should have brought hiking boots!
The cutest and best hiker ever!
We made it to the end!!!
I love how creative these guys are...they decided during a break to make rock sculptures on
this plant that is super strong with huge spines. They had a blast doing this!
They were surprisingly good too!
The hike back was long and tiring and hot...but we did it! Yay!
Relaxing back at the hotel....we had an awesome New Year's weekend!
