Big Bend National Park

This is what keeps us coming back to Big Bend on every trip. The scenery is amazing and never ending.

That's the Rio Grande river.


An excerpt from "The Ultimate Big Bend National Park Travel Guide"

Forget the physical address—Big Bend National Park is not in Texas. It’s in “far west Texas,” which is so isolated and so completely different from the rest of the region in both personality and terrain that it might as well be its own state. The whole scene has an edge-of-the-world quality to it, from the mountains that seem to rise out of nowhere, like some geographical mistake on the horizon, to the sandy terrain that shimmers in the midday sun. The juxtaposition of these vistas and the subtlety of life that thrives within it is fascinating, too.

You can see the guide here:

https://www.outsideonline.com/2409231/big-bend-national-park-travel-guide#close

This post will have a lot of pictures and video. I have not yet mastered the art of editing video, so kindly excuse the raw clips, under/over exposures etc. I often feel completely  overwhelmed by technology and it shows.

A morning bike ride to some serious elevation near the RV Park. The Lajitas Overlook Trail. I also found out (on the way back down) that even e-bikes are subject to "brake fade". It was close to 3 kms downhill and I had to stop several times to let the brakes cool.

A short drone flight to (almost) inside Mexico. 

A bit of hill climbing in the car.

A drone flight into a canyon over the Rio Grande. Mexico is on the left side heading out, on the right returning. It's a very long clip, just jump ahead when it gets boring.

The hiking/biking trails here are amazing. Hundreds of miles of trails across mountains, canyons and desert will get you really and truly "out in the middle of nowhere".

Dare to be different!

I had my second flat tire here. It was another thorn, in the front this time, but a slow leak so I was able to make it back. Terlingua has a bike shop so I took the tire there to be patched. The owner bestowed on me some biker wisdom...."if your bike has 4" wide tires you have twice the chance of getting a flat compared to someone riding on 2" wide tires". You can't argue with the logic, but I wouldn't trade the fat tires for anything.

Lots more to come. Check back soon.