I know it’s not really a visit when you fly over. But it was awesome to see from the sky I wanted to mention it. We were flying from DFW to LAX. I always bring my road atlas even when flying because I love trying to figure out the towns and places we’re flying over.
After seeing what I thought was the Pecos River and what might be it’s Red Bluff Resevoir, I soon saw El Capitan lit up from the morning sun. Being that we’ve done Guadalupe before, there was no mistake what El Capitan looked like when you were above it. We also saw what we think was McKintrick Canyon and the salt flats to the west. We were not able to see the surrounding roads though.