Chisos Basin Campground
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Long drive but all worth it!
After the lovely night's sleep in the hotel, we packed Odie, fueled up and left Fort Worth for the long drag down to the bottom of Texas and Big Bend National Park. There's not a lot to say about the first 10 hours of the day. Suffice to say, we travelled through huge expanses of land where the only sight on either side of the highway were the …
Hardcore Camping!
Day Fourteen 07/3/2010
Another long drive from San Antonia, Texas is BIG!! We arrived just before dark and greeted by a park ranger saying that bear have recently been spotted in the area we are camping so be extra vigilant - with leaving food around! This was our first night of two and we are staying in tents and not the slightly safer looking …
West Texas and Big Bend NP
Hey, Damn!.... Texas takes a long time to cross, especially with our determination to drive 55 mph and avoid freeways as much as possible. Took us a bit over 2 days to get here from the Texas Coast. Texas is not only big...it is flat, flat, flat. At 55 one can count the flowers on one cactus while you pass by. We are saving fuel however. By …
Feet from Mexico
We headed west from San Antonio towards Del Rio, then north on 90 towards Marathon, then south on 385 into Big Bend National Park. As we drove between Del Rio and Marathon, the road gets really close to Mexico. And since we were so close to the border, we had to go through a border patrol check point... We pulled into the check point, rolled the …
Magnificent Sunsets from the Chisos Mountains
We arrived just about the time the Campground Hosts were making there rounds. We shared a laugh about a story they had told us about when we were there last. I had asked if the mountain lions had been around sighted lately and he said that recently a man of asian descent had knocked vigorously on his RV door, shouting 'llountain lion, …
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TravelPod Member ReviewsChisos Basin Campground Big Bend National Park
Love this campground, always some kind of wildlife around .
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