Lizards on the Mantel, Burros at the Door, A Big Bend Memoir Robert Onderdonk On the Gulf edge of

On the Gulf edge of Texas between land and sea stands Galveston Island

and intricate detailing

Rock the Ranger Stars

the mission quickly became a desperate journey of survival

risking—and some losing—their lives

Lizards on the Mantel, Burros at the Door, A Big Bend Memoir Robert Onderdonk On the Gulf edge ofA woman who went West with her husband in the 1840s must have expected hardships and privation, but during the 1940s, when Etta Koch stopped off in Big Bend with her young family and a 23 foot travel trailer in tow, she anticipated no more than a civilized camping trip between her old home in Ohio and a new one in Arizona. It was only when she found herself moving into an old rock house without plumbing or electricity in the new Big Bend National Park