The southern tip of the Rocky Mountains juts up above the Salt Flats of West Texas in the manifestation of the Guadalupe Mountains. The Guadalupe Mountains in some sense erupted due to a seismic fault along the Permian Sea, and as a result is the largest exposed fossil reef in the world. Steeped in history so rich you can just feel it—especially hiking alone on one of those rare, more calm, sunny …
July 30, 2026
