Pecos River New Mexico & Texas
Pecos River New Mexico & Texas The Pecos River, one of the major tributaries of the Rio Grande, runs through New Mexico and Texas before it empties into the Rio Grande near Del Rio Texas. The river flows out of the Pecos Wilderness, through rugged granite canyons and waterfalls, and passes small, high-mountain meadows along its 926-mile journey
The Pecos has figured in many tall tales over the years. Fans of frontier lore have heard the phrase “West of the Pecos,” is the region where the Wild West is said to have begun.
Bike Ride to the Rio Grande Video Here; Rio Grande River
These two photos below are not mine, I found them on the internet to show how high the water used to be here on the Pecos river. This area was very popular with boating a few years back, big boats used to travel down this river.
But today, you might only be able to get a canoe down parts of the river, I will show you what it looks like and who occupies the canyon floor now in the animal kingdom world tomorrow.
Pecos River New Mexico & Texas
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Wow, a definite drop in water levels – reminds of a video blog I was watching a couple of days ago about Lake Mead – guy said they were 2 inches from not being able to launch their boat anymore (also went around to all the sunk boats that were now exposed).
I have seen the articles on lake mead as well. It is not good in the south and west. Water levels are so low. We are in Montana right now and the rivers are high, but they had a good snow fall this year and the snow is still melting.
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Jesus Christ… this place is beautiful ❤
I think so to, 😊 thank you
an enchanting landscape.
It really is, thank you 😊
Is that bridge for the train? I took Amtrak over that bridge and absolutely loved it. I was sitting up on the third level of the train overlooking the beautiful scenery. One of the best parts of the trip was crossing the Pecos.
Yes, that bridge it a train bridge, can you imagine going over that one. It would make me nervous. 🙂
I did go over it! It was fabulous! The view was amazing.
“Pecos Bill, Pecos Bill, people talk about him still…”
Yep, that is the name around there. 🙂
I was going to say that the Pecos doesn’t have that much water these days..
Nope, you pretty much can walk across it in some areas. The goats sure like walking all over the canyon floor.
The Rio Grande is pretty low up here. The beavers aren’t happy.
I bet, it looked low all along Texas when we got close to it. Like at Big Bend, you could walk across it just about anywhere.
I’ve been there and there is a sort of Wild West romantic feel about it as there is about all of Texas
That is the feeling exactly, so different than any other place. 😊
It looks beautiful!! However such a stark difference in the water level over the years.
Yes, the water levels are so low, that isn’t good. They drain a lot of the Rio Grande for farm land also.
What a big difference in water level !!! Thanks for the nice video with a lot of practical info and beautiful time-lapses.
You are very welcome, thank you Rudi. 😊
superbe serie et infos bonne journée
Thank you very much Patrick. 😊