Today Barbara, Hopper and I traveled back to Texas to visit the Guadalupe Mountains National Park. The Guadalupe Mountains are home to the four highest peaks in the state of Texas. In addition, these mountains contain one of the best examples of a marine fossil reef. Geologists come from all over the world to marvel at this extra-ordinary phenomenon that formed, during the Permian period, approximately 265 million years ago. The reason that this area is preserved as a national park was to preserve this amazing fossil reef.
Barbara, Hopper and I visited the visitors center and then proceeded to take a short hike through this quiet, rugged mountain/desert landscape. Hopper enjoyed the hike from the comfort of his backpack on my back. Spoiled dog! According to the brochure that we were provided, there are a lot of wild animals that call this park home. The only ones we saw during our hike were two ravens watching over us from the branches of a dead tree. As far as national parks go there isn’t much here, but it does have a rugged beauty that I hope I captured in my photos.
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