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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Big Bend Summer 2009 – Day 2 We awoke to a partly cloudy morning , a cool 70 deg and on my way to the restroom, I ran into DJ with a pot of coffee. We chatted for a minute and promised to catch up later. Had a quick breakfast of S&E tacos and readied
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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
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Do you want to learn How to Boil Shrimp and Impress People? A good mess of fresh Gulf shrimp and a little effort, pays huge dividends when it comes to pleasing a crowd of seafood lovers. Summer along the Texas Gulf Coast is a great time to find fresh Gulf shrimp. Local shrimpers provide an
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