After Santa Elena Canyon, took a leisurely drive back up the Ross Maxwell Trail and headed for the Chisos Mountains since I was so close to them. Like I said Big Bend gave me constant surprises, and the Chisos Mountains were no exception. The road was windy and narrow, and wound its way through a pass and into a basin in the center of the mountains where a campground, lodge, restaurant, and visitor center was. Other than the road in, there are no other roads to take for scenic views into the valley, and this day was very hazy, so the view was not that great. There are a lot of hiking trails that start at the Visitor Center area, and maybe the next time I come to the Park, I will make the time to hike some of them. I had some time to kill before the restaurant opened, so scoped out the area and found that on the walkway around the side of the restaurant were a lot of trees, with a lot of birds coming and going because of an air conditioner dripping water into a small puddle on the ground. Like always, find water in the desert, and you will find wildlife. This was the perfect opportunity to get some shots, and so I did. On the way back to my motel in Study Butte, there was a beautiful sunset that bathed the hills in that wonderful end-of-day light.