Badlands Terlingua
Star Route 70, Terlingua Terlingua, Texas, 79852, United States
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We are out of Wisconsin
Stayed in a Walmart parking lot Sat. night. Campgrouds were full. We were in Sioux Falls SD. Traveled to the Bad Lands and camped Sun night. Heading to the black hills and we are going to see Mt. Rushmoore tonight and find a quiet place that has showers. I am writing this from Dunn Bros Coffee shop. The landscape has be amazing and the little camper is chugging alone.
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Other side of Big Bend
After our hike to Boquillas Canyon we drove to Chisos Basin in the middle of the park. It is a big bowl with tall green trees - pine and oak- and has bears and mountain lions. We enjoyed a short hike there to the "window" which is the most photographed site in Big Bend. This is a beautiful place - a big bowl in the middle of green mountains - totally unlike the desert ...
Valentine's Day Ventures
... day. When we got back to camp, we saw a faithful Roadrunner and a Coyote just behind Shorty. Lynnie got a few photos of the bird, and I the same of the Coyote. The come near to get pet food and anything that is unattended.
We then drove a mile or so the site of the old Daniels Ranch. In the 1920s they raised cotton, melons and corn at the ranch. It has since gone back to near it’s original state except for ...
Surprising place!
... There used to be mercury mines in this area back in the 1930's and through WWII. We stopped at the Terlingua Cemetery which has many grave sites with absolutely no identification. Attached to this blog is a picture of one of the finer dining establishments here.
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Got up early to leave late
... point in time it was really funny, and we joked about how many people must have driven over it. The rescued knife came in very handy as a screwdriver. We cooked a lovely lunch of cheese sandwiches, steak and coffee.
At 2:15 pm we set of to “the window”, an easy 2.5mile hike down the mountain, with the last half mile being trickier involving a lot of climbing. After 80 minutes we reached our destination and the view ...


