Trip Reports from Texas and Beyond

Big Bend Summer Trip 2009 – Day 1 –LGK and I have been planning a summer trip for quite some time and finally put it together last week. The plan was simple… Camp in the Basin, do a couple of days of day hikes as a warmup, and then do Laguna West, Upper Cattail, and […]

After a cool, pleasant night, I awoke on Big Bend Sierra Quemada – Day 4 with a nagging throb in my left knee, and knew that the final leg into Mule Ears and my truck was going to hurt. 800 mg of Ibuprofen washed down with a quart of water, 2 Pop tarts, and we were

Big Bend Sierra Quemada – Day 3 – After a fitful nights sleep we awoke to a glorious morning. Cool but not cold with the sun breaking over the Quemadas to the SE. Because we knew that to stick to our plan, and try to make up some lost mileage, we only briefly climbed the

Big Bend Sierra Quemada – Day 2 began after a pleasant night’s sleep and counting satellites and shooting stars in a cloudless sky. We knew that today would be a tough hike…. mostly off trail in the wash above Smoky Spring and then off trail up over Jack’s Pass and down again to Dominguez Spring.The

Sierra Quemada Backpack Big Bend Fall 2008 – Day 1 The plan for this trip was a Sierra Quemada Backpack. An early breakfast and a pleasant drive from the Basin to Mule Ears Overlook, we loaded up some final items in our packs and proceeded down the trail.  It was a cool, but not cold morning