Trip Reports from Texas and Beyond. Many from Big Bend National Park. Also from other places in Texas and beyond.
Fall Trip to Big Bend in early October was a solo trip with a mix of the spectacular and subtle. Mariscal Mine and the River Road East are highlighted. October is a great month to explore. The summer rains have come an the extreme temperatures in the desert are beginning to moderate. Day 1 With […]
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Big Bend Desert and Springs are highlighted in this backcountry trip report from the Spring of 2010 Day 1 It was a little strange for me to make a trip without LGK, but I had a short window from work obligations, and decided to take the time while it was still possible. Drove out on
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Big Bend Summer 2009 – Last Day Even though it was summer, it seems like most of our explorations had been in the lower elevations. We decided to make a trip into the high Chisos on our last day and enjoy the cooler conditions at elevation and see what the recent rainfall had done to
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Big Bend Summer 2009 Day 5 started as an easy morning with breakfast of S&E tacos. We planned to drive down to the West Entrance Rd. near the Maverick Rd. Entrance Station and hike in toward Tinaja Spring. We planned to follow the dike which comes close to the road, to a point as far North
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Big Bend Summer 2009 – Day 4. Cattail Falls After the hike to Tule LGK and I shot down to Study Butte and had showers. After we returned to the Chisos Basin to grab some dinner. The weather was clearing and we decided to try our luck at Dugout Wells again. It was pretty quiet,
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Big Bend Summer 2009 – Day 3 We awoke to a cloudy with some light rain and heavy overcast in the Chisos and decided to hike the desert while the weather kept the temperature down. It was our plan to park on the Burro Spring Pouroff Rd. and hike west to Burro Spring, and continue
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