Big Bend Trip
Our nature and wildlife class has been back from the Big Bend trip and we are currently putting together all of our photos to present! The photographs from the trip were shot from a variety of cameras including 4x5 film large format cameras, Polaroids, Digital cameras, and even pinhole cameras! Our opening gallery show will be a overall summer show that will include a large amount of the trips best shots! The places that we traveled to on the Big Bend trip included the Big Bend national park, Big Bend state park, Balmorhea , and even visiting the world infamous Chinati Foundation! The photos and schedule below show where we went and what we did!
Sunday June 14th: Leaving day bound westward for Big Bend National Park. A gigantic thunderstorms force Nick to sleep in his car for the first night.
Monday June 15th: First day in Big Bend National Park. Went to visit Castalone, and drove on Old Maverick Road. Dinner was in Terlengua Texas, where we visited and dined at the world infamous Starlight Theatre! While there, we had live music from the band "The Shotgun Party"!
Tuesday June 16th: Visited Grapevine Hill to visit Balanced Rock. Also visited Rio Grande Village where we all caught a much needed shower for $1.50. Day ended by watching a big storm roll in over the canyon on the four hour drive back to camp.
Wednesday June 17th: Visited Davis Mountain State Park where a Black Bear was spotted on the way out by Nick and Catherine. Also visited Terlingua where breakfast was had at the local cafe where we met and shot photos of the owners of the restaurant. Breakfast special at $2.50...cant beat that! Drove 132 miles to go visit the State Park where we found our new camp site where we were surrounded by thousands of fireflies.
Thursday June 18th: Marfa Texas! Thats where we went! This was the infamous day in which we went to the amazing Chinati Foundation where we saw artists like Donald Judd's aluminum boxes, russian schoolhouses, and even the instillation's in downtown Marfa! For lunch, we visited the amazing Foodshark where we at gourmet food out of a simple cargo van! Finally we drove to Valentine where we visited and shot photos of the world renowned Prada Store!
Friday June 19th: Today was Nicks 19th Birthday! We visited Ft. Davis where we shot photos of the local children at the public library! We visited the tiny town of Kent Texas where the only place there is a single gas station and three houses! From there, we visited Balmorhea and had lunch in the rain at Yolanda's enchilada stand, a simple stand where Yolanda made homemade enchilada's, rice, beans, and a iced tea for $6.00! We ended the day by going to the University of Texas McDonald Observatory in Fort Davis where Nick had his birthday party at a "star party" which was a show to display the night skies and give some information about what they do at the McDonald Observatory!
Saturday June 20th: Driving back for 10 hours to come home
