Big Bend National Park

We drove much longer then we normal would just so we could make it to Bug Bend today. We got there just a half an hour after they closed the park so we made our way to the Rio Grande Village and stayed the night. It was a pretty campsite with lots of people.
The next morning we went to the visitor center to get our "back country camping" pass. It is only $10 and allows you to camp in back country campgrounds (so no water, bathrooms, hookups kind if like side of the road camping but much better!) For 2 weeks! We planned to stay here for only 1 week. We made it so our stays would make our way across the park to where we would eventually exit. After we got our pass we ventured over to Boquillas Canyon,  it was a little bit of a hike in but it was so amazing!! The canyon walls were probably about 300 ft high and very steep. The rock formations in this area are incredible. Adam fell asleep on our way in so when we got to the canyon we laid him down on some grass on the banks of the Rio Grande and let him finish his nap in the warm sun, doesn't that sound amazing?
After the canyon we went to the hot springs! It was a couple miles to get into it because we couldn't bring our RV down the whole road. It was very hot by this time so we all needed a little dip in the river. When we got to the hot springs it was all blocked in amd had little places to sit or lay down. It wasn't very deep, probably 2 ft or so but it was very warm, it comes out of the ground at 105. I was surprised, as hot as we were the hot water felt great! All three of us sat there for a bit then got into the river. There were a little bit of rapids right outside of the hot spring where kids jumped in and floated down the river to where they could get out again. We had a great time switching between hot and cold, we did it for a couple hours then decided to was time to go to our campsite for the night.
We stayed this night in a place called the Gravel Pit. It is a beautiful spot surrounding by mountains and by the river. Our spot was perfectly flat and covered with gravel, seemed to be very well maintained.