Desert Speaks

Bikes, Boats And Big Bend

Season 12, Episode 5 of 14

Bikes, Boats and Big Bend"--Viewers continue the exploration of the Ch ihuahaun Desert by biking, hiking and canoeing through Big Bend Nation al Park. They take a mountain bike ride on the back roads of the park and experience the beauty of an agave forest in bloom; explore the par k to search for signs of human occupation, from prehistoric fossils an d cave paintings to European settlers and current-day explorers; then canoe the Rio Bravo (called the Rio Grande by Americans) in one of the most isolated areas in Mexico.

Previously Aired

Day
Time
Channel
1/28/2013
10:30 p.m.
1/29/2013
5:30 a.m.
6/6/2014
6:30 p.m.
6/6/2014
11 p.m.
6/6/2014
11:30 p.m.
6/9/2014
6 a.m.
10/23/2014
6:30 p.m.
10/23/2014
11 p.m.
10/23/2014
11:30 p.m.
10/24/2014
10/24/2014
6 a.m.
7/10/2015
6:30 p.m.
7/10/2015
11 p.m.
7/10/2015
11:30 p.m.
7/11/2015
7/13/2015
6 a.m.
3/8/2016
6:30 p.m.
3/8/2016
11 p.m.
3/9/2016
6 a.m.
3/16/2017
6:30 p.m.
9/7/2017
6:30 p.m.
7/5/2018
6:30 p.m.
7/6/2018
12:30 a.m.
4/16/2019
6:30 p.m.
4/17/2019
12:30 a.m.
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