Upper echelon titans of industry and congressional types travel all the time. Nothing short of the best for those VIP characters. I'm sure they were thinking about the titanic or some other news worthy disaster when they visited the "Last Frontier" out here in the Big Bend. The crossing at Boquillas on the row boat and the donkey ride up the hill might have gotten their attention. But I guess these power players are used to row boats and donkeys. These guys were actually heading to Mexico and not leaving the country post election. To there credit they had in some way contributed to the magnificent wildlife preserve just across the river in Mexico called the El Carmen Land and Conservation Project. 400,000 acres of pristine high desert with no grazing. There are bighorn sheep, elk, bear, mule and whitetail deer and mountain lion roaming free and natural in this amazing place. I was on board as the medical support for this group along with the Mexican equivalent of the Green Berets as bodyguards. The need for both of us became evident watching them hunt quail. Don't think anything of it....hunting on the conservation land....the quail were not in any danger. It's good to know that maybe some people are still interested in preserving what is left. Who knows, maybe on there next visit they may take advantage of the hospitality industry glut on in the region.
It's a new beginning I think.
