Experience the Real
Big Bend
A Texas Naturalist Adventure
March 31 – April 4, 2010
Registration Deadline: March 10
Host
The Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary
Leader
Roger Sanderson, Heard Museum Wildlife Biologist
& Director of Botanical Gardens
Itinerary
Ernst Tinaja is the new place to go. . .we are off to another must see attraction on the east side of the park (that most folks never see) – Ernst Tinaja. . The Old Ore Road to Ernst Tinaja is very rough, but our van can take it! “Tinaja” means large earthen jar in Spanish and refers to the basin-shaped depressions in the rock. These and other curiously beautiful rock formations are what make this site such a draw for photographers and nature lovers.
 The first leg of your journey begins with an early morning flight from Dallas Love Field airport to Midland.
Roger will meet the group at the airport and after lunch in Midland, the group will leave for Big Bend National
Park. Upon entering the park we will stop in Panther Junction. The visitor center has a wonderful bookstore and
a desert garden to familiarize you with the unusual flora of the Big Bend region and the Chihuahuan Desert. Our
accommodations will be at the Chisos Mountains Lodge (elevation 5,300 ft.) in the heart of the Chisos
Mountains, within the 800,000-acre park. You will have time to get settled in your room before a
dinner/orientation meeting led by Roger Sanderson, Heard Naturalist. Roger will explain some of the sights and
terrain in store for the group and discuss some of the flora and fauna to be seen as well as the desert biology and
geology. Prepare yourself for some of the most beautiful mountain sunsets, the best star-gazing opportunities,
and the most awesome desert environment you've ever seen – or been immersed in! Read more>
Registration deadline: March 10
To register, contact:
Roger Sanderson
rsanderson@heardmuseum.org
The Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary reserves the right to cancel the trip if they don’t meet their minimum participant requirement.
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