Another Big Bend dimension

[Michael]

I am new to this board & if this has been discussed before I apologize. I was thinking about how neat Big Bend is & when I was there I experienced another dimension that I hadn't read about befor my visit (& I did a lot of research before I visited the park). This added dimension is that as I was hikin along the various trails the fragrance of the wildflowers filled the air everywhere I hiked. I was there in April, 2005. Now this was a very good year for wildflower blooms. I also understand that after a rain (it did not rain on me while I was there) the fragrance of the creosote bush fills the air.
Any comments or additions will be greatly appreciated.

[PyramidBlaster]

I'm still waiting (like probably the rest of us) for Creosote air freshener, scented candles, or the like.......

Every time I go, as i step out at Panther Junction it's the first thing I do. Take a deep lungful in, and it's like i'm home all over again. It's absolutely magic.

It's like...the smell of adventure.

[Casa Grande]

I'm still waiting (like probably the rest of us) for Creosote air freshener, scented candles, or the like.......

Every time I go, as i step out at Panther Junction it's the first thing I do. Take a deep lungful in, and it's like i'm home all over again. It's absolutely magic.

It's like...the smell of adventure.

just wait....it's coming  

[befree]

Michael:  this year also promises to be a good one...we had a moderately wet fall, and now a fairly harsh winter (the worst I've seen in the last 5 yrs I've been living in west Tx), and both of those are good conditions for germination of wildflowers and crowding out competing species.  I have a trip planned for mid-April, hoping to see a good display of those thigh-high Big Bend bluebonnets.

[trtlrock]

one of the highlights of our Mesa Anguila trip was hiking through a sea of small yellow flowers that released a wonderfully fragrant odor as we (unavoidably) stepped on them.  It was great...