IMG_20180315_174334 Sandstone cliffs of Lower Burro Mesa Pouroff Trail

Ray, R, and criss-crossing diagonal sandstone cliffs of Lower Burro Mesa Pouroff Trail at Big Bend National Park.

Lower Burro Mesa Pouroff Trail at Big Bend National Park features a dry streambed that sometimes fills up with floodwaters that pour off the rocks at the end of the trail (hence the pouroff).

For whatever reason, the Lower Burro Mesa Pouroff Trail felt like the most peaceful place on Earth. The trail ends at something like a valley (a dry riverbed, actually) that's enclosed by walls of those stratified, diagonal rocks on three sides. It felt both cozy and majestic, and completely timeless and out-of-this-world.