After a long drive and a good
night's rest at a nice hotel,
Ray is ready to explore
the ranch and chase antelope.

 

On the first day and the first hike,
Ray becomes a bird watcher
as a Golden Eagle circles
at eye level just off the bluff
looking for food.


Since this trip,
he now lays by the door
and watches the bird feeder
whenever possible.

While hiking the canyon
creek, Ray flushed cattle,
quail and ducks from their
creekside shady roost,
and proved, once again,
Greyhounds love to get wet!
After a full day of bird watching, hiking and chasing wildlife, Ray relaxes by the tent, watching the sunset and digesting dinner.
Wherever the dog bed
went, he slept.

While Ray did not appreciate the weird feeling
of having something on his feet, it certainly made hiking on the hot, jagged rocks in Big Bend National Park bearable.
After a long week of hiking in the heat of the Big Bend desert, Ray was very happy…

…to get out on the cool, soft, salt-crusted sand of the…

…Guadalupe National Park salt flats while the morning air was cool and breezy.