Arriving at Big Bend

So we finally arrived at Big Bend National Park which is a bout 320 miles from El Paso.  The drive into the visitor center from the entrance to the park is a 30 mile drive - this is a huge park.  At the Panther Junction Visitor Center we stopped to get the camping permits.  I was wandering around and saw this scene of Panther Mountain, and then noticed that there were orange blooms on the Occotillo, so I tried this juxtaposition.

Not ten feet away was this large Soaptree Yucca, also in bloom.  What a magnificent sight.  Fifteen minutes in the park, and I already had two photographs.  Not a bad start!