Eric Praetzel Vacation Pictures - Mule Ears Trail - Big Bend NP

Length: 3.8 mi (easily extended by several miles
Difficulty: Easy

At the end of the Mule Ears hike is the Mule Ears spring. Suddenly you see a green oasis in the desert. I took pictures from high up on the side of the spring area. The spring was very small and there was not much water. I certainly would not drink it under any conditions!
I continued to hike past the spring on the backpacking trail and so extended this hike to a 2 hour hike. One frustrating thing was that I expected to get closer to the Mule Ears but that doesn't happen.


Mule Ears

(c) 2001 Eric Praetzel (c) 2001 Eric Praetzel (c) 2001 Eric Praetzel

Mule Ears Spring

(c) 2001 Eric Praetzel (c) 2001 Eric Praetzel (c) 2001 Eric Praetzel
The last two pictures combine to give:
(c) 2001 Eric Praetzel

Hiking Beyond Mule Ears Spring

(c) 2001 Eric Praetzel (c) 2001 Eric Praetzel
The last two pictures combine to give:
(c) 2001 Eric Praetzel
(c) 2001 Eric Praetzel (c) 2001 Eric Praetzel (c) 2001 Eric Praetzel (c) 2001 Eric Praetzel
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