Nov 24
Trip to El Paso, Texas
posted by: Timm in Trips on Nov 24th, 2009 |

We recently flew from Northern Kentucky to El Paso, Texas, on our way to Big Bend National Park.

Ohio River

Taking off from CVG, the Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport.  Here we see the Ohio River fogged in, as it often is in the early morning.

  

Approaching Denver

Approaching the Denver airport.  An early snow in October blanketed the ground.

 

Rocky Mountains

Flying over the Rocky Mountains on our way to Texas.

 

El Paso

Flying over El Paso, Texas.

 

El Paso

Everything in Texas is super-sized, including its freeways.

 

I-10 East from El Paso

In case you cannot see the sign, I-10 East from El Paso to Big Bend National Park has a speed limit of 80 miles per hour.  But the land is so vast that even at 80 mph you feel like you are hardly moving.

 

Mountain Obstacle

You can look at this mountain as an obstacle or a beautiful distraction along your way.

 

Picnic Stop 

We stopped for a break at a picnic area along a railroad track with beautiful mountains flanking us the entire way.  Those orangish “dots” on the bottom right of the photo are dozens of small pumpkins that were somehow dumped here.

 

Railroad

Keep it on the straight and narrow.

 

Air Force blimp

We saw this U.S. Air Force blimp for miles.  Is it a weather blimp or spy blimp or… ?

 

Hidden mountain

His head is in the clouds.

 

Approaching Big Bend

Approaching Big Bend National Park.

 

Butte at sunset

What a butte!

 

Texas sunset

One of many beautiful Texas sunsets we saw on our trip.

2 Responses to “Trip to El Paso, Texas”

  1. Absolutely beautiful, breathtaking pictures! Glad the both of you had a wonderful time.

  2. I always like perspective shots so the railroad and the mountain in the clouds were very fun to see.

    Hope to see more soon!

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