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Big Bend Texas Train Trip March '06

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image0065 Cool jeep (we traded in the pickup)

Cool jeep (we traded in the pickup)

image0066 Someone actually mined out here!  (about 50 miles from the pavement)

Someone actually mined out here! (about 50 miles from the pavement)

image0067 Mariscal mine

Mariscal mine

image0068 Mariscal mine (the smelter)

Mariscal mine (the smelter)

image0069 Mariscal mine view

Mariscal mine view

image0070 Mariscal mine (the smelter)

Mariscal mine (the smelter)

image0071 Mariscal mine

Mariscal mine

image0072 Mariscal mine

Mariscal mine

image0073 Mariscal mine (the smelter)

Mariscal mine (the smelter)

image0074 Mariscal mine (the smelter)

Mariscal mine (the smelter)

image0075 Mariscal mine (sealed off shaft)

Mariscal mine (sealed off shaft)

image0076 Mariscal mine (bat shelter)

Mariscal mine (bat shelter)

image0077 Now it's getting fun!

Now it's getting fun!

image0078 Mariscal mine view

Mariscal mine view

image0079 Mariscal mine (the smelter needs some repair)

Mariscal mine (the smelter needs some repair)

image0080 Mariscal mine (looks like someone got stuck in the sand)

Mariscal mine (looks like someone got stuck in the sand)

image0081 Mariscal mine view

Mariscal mine view

image0082 Mariscal mine view

Mariscal mine view

image0083 Donkey Ears (After we got stuck in the sand and dug the jeep out with our hands and had a flat 20 min later)

Donkey Ears (After we got stuck in the sand and dug the jeep out with our hands and had a flat 20 min later)

image0084 Back to our room

Back to our room

image0085 Don't want to be in these parts when it rains hard!

Don't want to be in these parts when it rains hard!

image0086 Heading back to Alpine (pretty straight road)

Heading back to Alpine (pretty straight road)

image0087 Train is late so we went to the McDonald Observatory

Train is late so we went to the McDonald Observatory

image0088 Doesn't feel that high

Doesn't feel that high

image0089 McDonald Observatory

McDonald Observatory

image0090 McDonald Observatory

McDonald Observatory

image0091 View from the McDonald Observatory

View from the McDonald Observatory

image0092 Killer butterfly

Killer butterfly

image0093 Laser rang-finding system at McDonald Observatory measures the distance to the moon

Laser rang-finding system at McDonald Observatory measures the distance to the moon

image0094 Now this looks like it's getting fun!

Now this looks like it's getting fun!

image0095 McDonald Observatory (This one only cost $18M!)

McDonald Observatory (This one only cost $18M!)

image0096 McDonald Observatory

McDonald Observatory

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