I don’t recall ever visiting Big Bend in November. So I am not quite sure whether or not this is a typical year. There are quite a few plants in bloom but that is to be expected. In the desert you have to take advantage of either spring or fall, summers are too extreme temperature-wise.
Also things around here seem to have changed very slightly. There seems to be more commercial activity in the Trans-Pecos, but not like other places.
Time seems to slow down in this remote and desolate area of Texas. But that gives you more time to appreciate the beauty.