On our way to Big Bend we stopped by a ghost town called Terlingua. There are a lot different ruins of buildings. They have a shop for gifts and a local theater. This town use to be a old mining town. There are also art statues around.
Author: Shayne
Texas: Judge Roy Bean
While I was in Texas in March 2022. We went to a museum about Judge Roy Bean. He was the law West of the Pecos. He owned a saloon and he decided to approve himself to be a judge. At the museum there is still a saloon, that was also a courtroom and billiard hall….
Texas: Seminole Canyon State Park and Historic Site
On 3/5/2022, while I was in Texas I went to the Seminole Canyon State Park. In this park you can see Pecos River rock art dated back to 4,000 years old. It is considered to be some of North America’s oldest pictographs. You can hike down to the canyon where you can see it. They…
California: Baker
There was a little town called Baker, CA. In this town they have the tallest thermometer in the states. It goes up to 130 degrees. That day it was only in the 60’s but in summer time it can get very hot.
Texas: Fort Davis National Historic Site #100
A Frontier Post Fort Davis is my newest park in Texas. It is also my 100th park of my collection to go too. It made me very happy to go. I got to see this park with my dad and my stepmom Cathy. Thank you for helping me reach my goal. This fort had the…
Texas: Big Bend National Park #101
Splendid Isolation: Big Bend Here is me in front of the Big Bend sign. For first stop in Big Bend beside the visitor center we went to Santa Elena Canyon. We had our lunchand walked around. This is a pretty little place to hang around. This is part of the river. There is aarea where…
Texas: Rio Grande Wild & Scenic River #102
A Wilderness of Stone and Water One of the new parks I went to was the Rio Grande Wild & Scenic River located in Big Bend NP. Inthe early years you were able to go rafting along the river which was very popular. Right now the riveris very low that you can’t go rafting anymore….
Texas: Amistad National Recreation Area #103
A Borderland Paradise On March 5, 2022 I went to the Amistad National Recreation Area that is located in Texas. This recreational paradise occupies the US shoreline of the Amistad Reservoir on the nations southern borders.Visitors can go swimming, boating and fishing around the area. Right now the lake is really low but people are…
National Parks Scrapbook
For a while now I have been wanted to do a scrapbook for my travels of the national parks and other places. It’s not going to be fancy but something I can keep. I am using paper, my stickers, post cards and what ever I can find in my stuff. Its just going to be…
Nevada: Rhyolite Ghost Town
On our way out of Beatty, NV we stopped by a ghost town called Rhyolite. It is a very cute little town. It use to be a mining town in Nevada.There were still some of the building still standing that you can see along the road. There was a depot, bank, store, school and a…