THREE HIKING SISTERS, we love to hike together, but we don't all live in the same state. Sometimes it is only two of us, and sometimes we hike with others. This is a record of some of our hikes.
We decided to do the short Window View Trail near the Chisos Basin Visitor Center in Big Bend National Park, this is a 0.3 mile loop trail.o
View overlooking the "top" of the Window, which we hiked to this morning.
zoom of the "top" of the Window
Views of the nearby mountains as seen along the loop
Casa Grande Peak
We are staying at the Chisos Mountain Lodge at Big Bend National Park and started this hike from our room, we also added a very short section f the Oak Spring Trail for a great view. Overall we hiked 6 miles round trip with 1,100 ft loss/gain. 
We started at first light so we would be back before noon, the heat and the upcoming wind storm.
We enjoyed the mountain views as we hiked down the trail this morning.
After the early switchbacks, the trail levels off with a gentle descent for most of the remainder of the trail.
We saw a couple of Mexican blue jays by the trail (zoom)
The closer we got to the trail junction, the narrower the trail became.
Trail junction, we first went to the left, the end of the trail to the Window
The Window
We returned to the trail junction and headed up the Oak Spring Trail for about 0.3 miles and 300 ft gain. We saw several blooming ocotillo along this trail.
a side view
continuing up
some views as we returned back up the trail this morning:
