Guadalupe Mountains

After spending the night in Alamogordo, New Mexico it was on to the last stop of my trip, Guadalupe Mountains National Park in far northwest Texas. Initially, my plan was to re-hike Guadalupe Peak, the highest mountain in Texas, but the park was relatively crowded on the spring break weekend so I asked a ranger about some alternatives. I settled on the Tejas Trail up into the mountains on the opposite side of the valley as Guadalupe Peak. Once it climbed up the mountain side, the route wound along the tops of the peaks through a rolling meadow called The Bowl, then down steep, sharp Bear Canyon (I didn't see any).